Erik Erikson: Psychosocial Development

Yes, I learned that Erikson’s theory not only focuses on childhood but continues across the entire lifespan. Each stage involves a specific conflict that helps shape our identity and growth. I also learned how successfully resolving each stage builds strengths that support us in later stages of life.

i enjoy learning about why we do certain things at different stages of life, it gives us deeper understanding and i look forwrd to looking further into each stage

I love looking at how our minds and bodies work. Erikson stages do define what we go through but i believe that we can transverse between stages due to the occurrences in your life. If we marry young and/or have children young then we can reach stage 7 earlier, as well as going back if children arrive later in life. When you also look at divorce at middle adulthood instead of entering stage 7 we can transverse  back into stage 6 in regards to dating and relationships. I think a more fluid scale is needed but this theory is great to see the stages that we all go through at different times of our lives

Not necessarily, but it was interesting watching it and comparing it with my own life stages and the stages my children are moving through. I think his earlier development stages may need a revisit, with many children these days spending a lot of their time in the care of others. They are now influenced not just by parents but also by early childhood teachers and other children around them.

I've learned that identity crisis has a strong influence on the psychosocial developments during later stages.

I learned that Erikson had a collaborator, his wife, Jane Erikson who played an important role in developing the Theory. 

I went on a bit of a deep-dive after watching the video and further learned that after Erik's death she continued her work on the Stages of their theory and added a 9th Stage of wisdom/reflection based in very late life. 

I agreed with a lot of what he said in the 8 stages.  very interesting.

I discovered that Erikson coined the phrase "identity crisis" and that he had no formal qualifications yet was highly regarded by his peers.

I had learnt about Erikson's generativity vs stagnation in our assignment 1 and also through previous modules such as industry vs inferiority. The other stages are new to me, however makes sense. The most new and interesting to me was the 8th stage - ego integrity vs despair as it assesses how authentic we have been and are in our late lives as we slow down 

Did you learn anything new about Erikson or his theory from the video? If so, share your newfound knowledge in the discussion.

Yes I think that it is relevant and accurate but also a bit outdated and perhaps I'm referring to more specific changes we go through in adulthood, as he states that we will end up a certain way if we did not find 'that' specific connection, however we can reach certain life stages post the ages he talks about if we really want to.

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I think Erikson’s theory is particularly useful for understanding human development across the entire lifespan, highlighting that struggles and obstacles are universal and a normal part of life’s journey. This perspective can be very valuable in counselling, as it helps individuals view life difficulties not as personal crises that happen only to them, but as natural challenges that everyone encounters at different stages of life.

I did not know that he came up with the term 'identity crisis' and that he did not have a degree but taught at prestigious universities.

I find that the way Erikson identifies life stages into 8 categories interesting and relatable. 

I didn't know Erikson was heavily influenced by Freud and considered himself a psychoanalyst. I would like to know more about how he saw his theory fit in with Freud/Jung etc

It's interesting he taught at such prestigious schools with no degree.

Interesting, I didn't realise Freud had a wife. I wonder if it was the wives who actually worked all this out in the theories, and the husbands took the credit, as it was like that in those times and like Liz mentioned, he had no degree and got to teach and get the recognition. Oh, to be a fly on the wall at Erikson's home. I hadn't taken much interest past stage 5 since doing our group video, and our age group was 14-15 so this was good to watch and recap. I work at a retirement village and Integrity vs. Despair and wow, I see a lot of stage 8.    

I learnt that both Erikson and Freud collaborated their theories with their wives and yet... where are the wives names on the titles? And that he did not have a degree but somehow taught at the most prestigious universities. 

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Just shows you how successful you can be without a degree!

So cool now he was a professor at yale and harvard without a degree one heck of a man!

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I think Eriksons theroies are quite relatable for my own life and crises that i have experienced. 
I thought it was interesting that age 40+ is when you should feel that you're contributing to the next generation in some way. As i know that due to the financial crises alot more people are not able to directly leave wealth to their family anymore. So i wonder what this will look like for some people, if perhaps people may become more interested in preserving culture or the environment?...interesting...

Pretty cool that he never got a degree to become so influential

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I learned about the later stages of development, which I'd not focused much on until now, especially the 65-death phase, which is: 'ego integrity vs despair'. 

I hadn't realised that Erikson coined the term 'identity crisis'.

I was not aware that Erikson was so heavily influenced by Freud or that he came up with the " identity crisis" 

I didn't know he worked together with his wife Joanne. And that he just had a Bachelors degree but worked as a lecturer at Harvard. 

I wasn't aware that Erikson was influenced by Sigmund and Anna

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I didn't know that Erikson was the person to come up with the notion of 'idenity crisis'.

I wasn't aware that Erikson didn't have any formal higher eduction.