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Psychology
Who is Erik Erikson (1902-1994)
"Human personality in principle develops according to steps
predetermined
in the growing person's readiness to be driven toward, to be aware of
and to
interact with a widening social radius."
--- Erik Erikson
Best Known For
a.. 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development
b.. Identity Crisis
c.. Erik Erikson has been called "father of psychosocial development"
and
"the architect of identity"
Birth
Erik Erikson was born in Frankfurt, Germany on June 15, 1902.
Erik Erikson die in Harwich, Massachusetts, 1994.
Childhood
Erikson's biological father, who was Danish, had left before Erikson
was
born. He was adopted by his Jewish stepfather, and took the name Erik
Homberger. But because of his blond-and-blue-eyed Nordic look, Erikson
was
rejected by his Jewish neighbors. At grammar school, on the other hand,
he
was teased for being Jewish. Feeling not fitting in with either
culture,
Erikson's identity crises began at an early age.
Other Life Events
a.. Around 1920, instead of going to college (for disliking the
formal
education structure), Erikson traveled around Europe, keeping a diary
of his
experiences.
b.. Came to the U.S. in 1933 and became Boston's first child analyst.
Career
He was an artist and a teacher in the late 1920's when he met Anna
Freud,
and began to study child psychoanalyses from her and at the Vienna
Psychoanalytic Institute. He immigrated to the United States in 1933.
He
obtained a position at the Harvard Medical School, and later on, held
positions at institutions including Yale, Berkeley, the Menninger
Foundation, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at
Palo
Alto, and the Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco.
His special interest in the influence of society and culture on child
development had led him to study groups of AmErikan Indian children. He
was
also concerned with the effects the rapid social changes in AmErika on
generation gap, racial tensions, juvenile delinquency, changing sexual
roles, and the dangers of nuclear war. He is credited for widening the
scope
of psychoanalytic theory to take greater account of social, cultural,
and
other environmental factors.
Publications by Erikson
a.. Erikson, E.H. (1950). Childhood and Society. New York: Norton.
b.. Erikson, E.H. (1958). Young Man Luther. New York: Norton.
c.. Erikson, E.H. (1964). Insight and Responsibility. New York:
Norton.
d.. Erikson, E.H. (1968). Identity: Youth and Crisis. New York:
Norton.
e.. Erikson, E.H. (1974). Dimensions of a New Identity. New York:
Norton.
f.. Erikson, E.H. (1975). Life History and the Historical Moment. New
York: Norton.
g.. Erikson, E.H. & Erikson, J. M. (1987). The Life Cycle Completed.
W.W.
Norton & Co.
h.. Erikson, E.H. (1996). Dialogue With Erik Erikson. Richard I.
Evans
(Ed.), Jason Aronson.
Biographies of Erikson
a.. Friedman, L. J. (1999). Identity's Architect; A Biography of Erik
H.
Erikson. Scribner Book Co.
b.. Coles, R. (1970). Erik H. Erikson: The Growth of His Work.
Boston:
Little, Brown.