This document outlines Erikson's theory of eight stages of life and how Peck later expanded the eighth stage. Erikson proposed in 1959 that psychologic development reflects cultural influences, with each stage focusing on resolving conflicts in one's sense of self. The task of middle adulthood is resolving generativity versus stagnation, while older adulthood involves balancing integrity with despair. Peck later expanded the eighth stage into three stages: differentiating the ego from work, transcending concerns of the body, and transcending the ego itself versus preoccupation with it.
This document outlines Erikson's theory of eight stages of life and how Peck later expanded the eighth stage. Erikson proposed in 1959 that psychologic development reflects cultural influences, with each stage focusing on resolving conflicts in one's sense of self. The task of middle adulthood is resolving generativity versus stagnation, while older adulthood involves balancing integrity with despair. Peck later expanded the eighth stage into three stages: differentiating the ego from work, transcending concerns of the body, and transcending the ego itself versus preoccupation with it.
This document outlines Erikson's theory of eight stages of life and how Peck later expanded the eighth stage. Erikson proposed in 1959 that psychologic development reflects cultural influences, with each stage focusing on resolving conflicts in one's sense of self. The task of middle adulthood is resolving generativity versus stagnation, while older adulthood involves balancing integrity with despair. Peck later expanded the eighth stage into three stages: differentiating the ego from work, transcending concerns of the body, and transcending the ego itself versus preoccupation with it.
In 1959,Erickson proposed a theory of psychologic development that reflects
cultural and societal influences. -The major focus of development in this theory is on an individual’s ego structure, or sense of self, especially in response to the ways in which society shapes its development. - The task of middle adulthood is resolving the conflict between generativity and stagnation. During older adulthood the developmental task needing resolution is balancing the search for integrity and wholeness with a sense of despair
Peck (1968) expanded the eighth stage, ego integrity versus
despair, into three stages: 1. ego differentiation versus work 2. body transcendence versus body preoccupation, 3. ego transcendence versus ego preoccupation