Erikson's Psychosocial Development As An Eight Stages Of Human Development

Erikson was a developmental psychologist and he was very well known at the time of his psychosocial development among human beings. Erikson developed eight stages that show growth across a lifespan in every human being. Each of the stages that Erickson developed, build on one another and after every successful stage the outcome is called “virtue”. Erikson believed that difficulty on one stage can have a result later on in life. There is one main contradiction between Erikson and Freud which is Freud was an ID psychologist, Erikson was an ego psychologist. He emphasized the role of culture and society and the conflicts that can take place within the ego itself, whereas Freud accentuate the conflict between the ID and the superego. (McLeod, S. A. (2013). Erik Erikson) The eight psychosocial development stages that Erikson developed are; trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame/doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. role confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, and integrity vs. despair.
After analyzing Erikson’s 8

Another successful choice I have made for myself during this stage of life is that I have set my goal for myself of what I need to accomplish which is getting my masters degree in science and becoming a Respiratory Therapist in order to do that I have started my schooling at Oakton Community College to earn my associate's degree. After that I will be transferring to DePaul University to pursue my master’s degree and end my college journey. In order to be successful in this stage and not in the role of confusion one needs to take all the steps that Erikson has developed for this stage of psychosocial development. Looking at the point of where I am in this stage as of now, this shows the positive identity and adolescents to start my