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ERIK ERIKSON AND ADULT LEARNING

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Erik Erikson and Adult Learning

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Erik Erikson is one of the most influential theorists in the field of psychology . He is best known for developing the eight stages of psychosocial development

This will focus on the life of Erik Erikson as well as his sixth stage of development : intimacy vs . isolation

Erik Erikson and Adult Learning

The Biography of Erik Erikson

Born on June 15 , 1902 in Frankfurt , Germany , Erik Erikson was regarded as a major

influence in contemporary psychoanalysis . Erikson was interested in arts so he moved to Florence after finishing high school In 1927 , he taught arts in a school psychoanalytically influenced children school spearheaded by Dorothy Burlingham and Freud 's daughter Anna , in Vienna (Erikson Institute , 2003

This move would have a major influence in the life and works of Erik Erikson . Upon recognizing that he has skills with children , Anna Freud Sigmund 's daughter , placed him under her wings and began teaching him Eventually , he trained and eventually received certification from Vienna Psychoanalytic Society . After getting certified by Maria Montessori School , he underwent training in psychoanalysis at the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute . In 1936 , he became a member of the Institute of Human Relations , which is a branch of the Psychiatry Department of Yale University (Erikson Institute , 2003

Major Contribution in Psychology

Erik Erikson became famous because of his eight stages of development According to him , every stage in a man 's life is accompanied by certain psychological conflicts . He theorized that the development of personality of an individual is a life long process . The events they encounter in the latter stages of life can treat early childhood problems . His eight stages of development explained why an individual who was not able to resolve a childhood problem finds it difficult to resolve it during adulthood (Erikson Institute , 2003

Each stage of life is important because how well the child performed during the previous phase determined how they can cope with the next stages . Erikson called this the epigenetic principle (Boeree , 2006

Erik Erikson authored several books that explained his theory , the most notable of which is Childhood and Society which was released in 1950 . In 1969 , Erikson won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for his book Gandhi 's Truth , which delved on the application of the eight stages of development in the latter portion of an individual 's life cycle (NNDB n .d

Stage Six : Intimacy vs . Isolation

This is the sixth stage in Erik Erikson 's stages of psychosocial phases of development . It takes place from 18 to 30 years old . In general , the child faces the dilemma of achieving intimacy or staying isolated . This stage likewise involves a struggle for promiscuity , which is a trait of being too close for comfort and not being able to follow through with the momentum , versus exclusion , which is characterized by rejection of relationships (Boeree , 2006

Intimacy , according to Erikson , is the ability to develop social relationships...

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