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Psychosocial Stages of Development (Erikson)

  • Marcia J
Springer International Publishing, (2016), 1-13
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1418-1
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Erik Erikson maintained that personality develops in a predetermined order through eight stages of psychosocial development, from infancy to adulthood. During each stage, the person experiences a psychosocial crisis which could have a positive or negative outcome for personality development.

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Marcia, J. E. (2016). Psychosocial Stages of Development (Erikson). In Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (pp. 1–13). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1418-1

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