A Brief Biography of Erik Erkison

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Erik Erikson was a german born american developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst who was known for his theory on psychosocial development of a person’s life. Erik was born on June 15th, 1902 in Frankfurt, Germany. It is said that his parents were separated before his birth in which he never saw either he’s real birth father or his mother's first husband He was raised by his single jewish mother who later married a physician, Dr. Theodor Homberger. Erickson married a dance instructor women named joan Erikson in the year of 1930 in which he met at the school where he was working. He would be dead on May 12th, 1994 in Harwich, Massachusetts.
Erik Erikson was teased and rejected in both his temple and grammar school. Students teased him for being noric and rejected him because of his jewish background. For that reason he continued to be interested in the formation of identity. During his high school years he studied art and many languages rather than the science courses offered. He continued to be focused in art, traveled to europe and there being twenty five one of his friends suggested him to study psychoanalysis. In 1933 erikson received his diploma from the university of vienna. In that same year he moved to the united states due to an offering of teaching in a Harvard Medical School. He also teached in the University of California and first published some of his theory books.
All erikson’s personal and life experiences lead to his most famous theory known as the 8 physiological stages of development. In this theory he explains the changes and why its important to be aware of what you would expect as you step farther in life from the beginning of your life as an infant. The first stage is Trust Vs Mistrust, it starts from bi...

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...d. For these reasons the theory created by Erik Erikson is very significant to not only just one person but everyone.
Erik Erikson used his life experiences and knowledge to not only help him get away from all the negative people but to develop his best well known theory, the Psychological stages of development. Which would discuss especially about each stage a person goes through while they live and in around what age you will enter a new stage of development. Even though he was so into art he’s destination lead him to an University where he studied psychoanalysis and later teached in a Harvard Medical School. There his most famous theory would begin by the publishing of other theories. Erikson died May 12th, 1994 in Harwich, Massachusetts but he didn’t leave the world without his mark.

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http://psychology.about.com/library/bl_psychosocial_summary.htm

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