PSY 20673 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Erik Erikson, Oral Stage, Anal Stage
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Erikson: post-freudian theory: overview of erikson"s post-freudian theory. Erikson postulated eight stages of psychosocial development through which people progress. Although he differed from freud in his emphasis on the ego and on social influences, his theory is an extension, not a repudiation of freudian psychoanalysis. When erik erikson was born in germany in 1902 his name was erik. After his mother married theodor homberger, erik eventually took his stepfather"s name. At age 18 he left home to pursue the life of a wandering artist and to search for self-identity. He gave up that life to teach young children in vienna where he met. Still searching for his personal identity, he was psychoanalyzed by ms. freud, an experience that allowed him to become a psychoanalyst. United states, changed his name to erikson, and took a position at the. Later, he taught at yale, the university of. 1994, a month short of his 92nd birthday.
