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 Connections
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Loevinger's stages conceptualize a theory based directly on Erikson's psychosocial model, alongside Harry Stack Sullivan's work.
Source Wikipedia: Loevinger's Stages of Ego Development
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1. Wikipedia: Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
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The two conflicting forces each have a psychosocial crisis which characterizes the eight stages.
2. Wikipedia: Erik Erikson
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Childhood and Society
Wikipedia: Loevinger's Stages of Ego Development
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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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