Erikson's stages of psychosocial development is a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory identifying eight stages that a healthy individual passes through from infancy to late adulthood, each centered on a psychosocial crisis between two conflicting forces whose resolution shapes personality and social relationships throughout life. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimHealthy development proceeds through eight stages, each defined by a psychosocial crisis between two conflicting forces whose resolution builds a particular strength carried into later stages. 1 Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
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Loevinger's stages conceptualize a theory based directly on Erikson's psychosocial model, alongside Harry Stack Sullivan's work.
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The two conflicting forces each have a psychosocial crisis which characterizes the eight stages.
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Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, as articulated in the second half of the 20th century by Erik Erikson in collaboration with his wife Joan Erikson, is a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identifies a series of eight stages that a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy to late adulthood.
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Erikson also influenced ego psychology by insinuating that the ego was active, adaptive, and shaped by social context instead of being purely motivated by unconscious drives.
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Loevinger's stages of ego development are proposed by developmental psychologist Jane Loevinger (1918-2008) and conceptualize a theory based on Erik Erikson's psychosocial model and the works of Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949)
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