ERICKSON’S

PSYCHO-SOCIAL THEORY
OF DEVELOPMENT

GROUP II
JOY DEL ROSARIO
MARK ANTHONY FLORES
JOZEN PAUL B. DATILES
 01 02
Objective of the Introduction
Study Introduction to the topic.

Goal of this topic.

Contents

03 04
Who is Erickson? Psycho-Social Stages
Get to know who is Erik
Erikson.
 05 06
Summary Overview

Table of
contents
07 08
Strength and Conclusion
Weakness
 01. Objective Of the Study

To find self-definition as well as a sense of meaning

and purpose that will guide decisions as they
transition into adulthood.
 02. Introduction

❑ When child development experts talk about the

study of development, they have in mind some
fundamental theories of development that were
codified by brilliant clinicians and scientists well
before we had the technology to correlate them
to brain development.
 02. Introduction

❑ One of the Theories of Fundamental

Development is the Psycho-Social Theory of Erik
Erickson.
❑ Psychosocial - Relating to the interrelation of
psychological and social behavior.
 03. Who is Erik Erickson?

PROFILE

• He was born in 1902 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany.

• After completing high school, he moved to Florence to
pursue his interest in art.
• 1927 became an art teacher as a psychoanalytically
enlightened school for children started by Dorothy
Burlingham and Anna Freud in Vienna.
• One of the most influential psychoanalysts of the 20th
century.
 04. Psycho-social Theory

❑ This theory was advocated by Erik erickson,

who identified the eight (8) basic
developmental stages that the individuals
has to pass through in his life. Each of these
stages has a specific psychosocial crisis that
affects the development of the child.
 INFANCY • A sense of trust and security.
1 Trust vs. mistrust Birth to 12–18 • The child trust those who care for her and
months mistrusts a stranger.

• Learning to walk and use his hands.

TODDLER • If encourage, develops autonomy.
Autonomy vs. shame &
2 18 months to 3 • If discourage and punished harshly the child
doubt years develops dependence and shame, doubt, self-
pity.
• Self-confidence; the ability to take the initiative
and make decisions.
PRE-SCHOOL
3 Initiative vs. guilt 3 to 6 years
• When punished develops sense of guilt.
• The family is responsible for the child’s behavior
and actions.
• Child’s world broadens – neighborhood/school
• Technical skills are learned
GRADE- • Peer group influence
4 Industry vs. inferiority SCHOOLER • Play age
6 to 12 years • When the child cannot accomplish the
expectation from him, he develops a sense of
inferiority
 • Identity crisis: Always asking Who am I?
• Struggles of society’s demands and physical
TEENAGER
5 Identity vs. confusion 12 to 18 years
changes in his body.
• Peer group becomes an essential source of rules
of behavior.
• Safe relationships filled with commitment and
love.
YOUNG ADULT
6 Intimacy vs. isolation 18 to 40 years
• Develop warm intimate relation with another
person and failure to develop such relationship
result to isolation.

MIDDLE-AGE • The most productive years of adulthood.

Generativity vs.
7 ADULT • The individual’s worth is dependent on his
stagnation 40 to 65 years contribution to family and society.

• Pride in what you’ve achieved leads to feelings

of satisfaction.
OLDER ADULT • Failure to achieve one’s goals results to regret
8 Integrity vs. despair Over 65 years and despair. - YOLO!
• Fear of the end of life.
 So what exactly did Erikson's theory of
psychosocial development entail?

✓ Erikson was interested in how social

05.Overview interaction and relationships played a role
in the development and growth of human
beings. His theory described the impact of
social experience across the whole
lifespan.
06. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Erikson's theory also has its limitations and attracts valid criticisms.

✓ It provides a broad framework ✓ The theory fails to detail exactly what

type of experiences are necessary at
from which to view
development throughout the each stage in order to successfully
entire lifespan. resolve the conflicts and move to the
next stage.
✓ It also allows us to emphasize
the social nature of human
beings and the important
influence that social
relationships have on
development.
 Conclusion

✓Erikson’s eight stages of life are a guide to assist individuals in discovering who
they are.
✓Each individual will experience these eight stages at different levels, as some
individuals mature faster than others.
✓It is important to remember that the psychosocial stages are just one theory of
how personality develops.
 Book
● Reviewer for the LET - 6th Edition

Links
● Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
(verywellmind.com)

REFERENCES ● Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Stage of Development

(slideshare.net)
● Erikson Stages of Psychosocial Development in Plain
Language (healthline.com)
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