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A 4 page paper reviewing three articles of studies featuring Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development in the individual. Even though Erikson did not formulate his theory on the basis of scientific investigation, those coming after him with a desire to establish an empirical basis for either accepting or rejecting Erikson's theory of psychosocial development find that Erikson's theory stands quite well and bears scrutiny when subjected to empirical methods. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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providing in another paper a summary of Erik Eriksons eight stages of development and discussion of each arises the requirement to review three studies using Eriksons characterization of the means
through which individuals develop throughout their lives. "Prelude and postlude to the self: correlates of achieved identity" Hoegh and Bourgeois (2002) state that
Eriksons "theory of psychosocial development views ego identity achievement to be a crucial period in ones life" (p. 573), but that Eriksons conceptualization fell from favor in recent years.
Erikson developed his theory without the use of any overt empirical measures, primarily using insight and experience to arrive at his conclusions (Stages of Social-Emotional Development In Children and Teenagers,
n.d.). Acceptance of any idea without the ability to "prove" it in some manner is a concept increasingly rejected as research design methods and measurement techniques continue to evolve.
However, Hoegh and Bourgeois (2002) sought to assess Eriksons theory in terms of "current self-related variables hypothesized to be antecedents and consequences of
achieved identity" (p. 573). They found through more current methods that the degree of "parental care and trust predicted identity achievement, which in turn predicted secure attachment and vitality"
(Hoegh and Bourgeois, 2002; p. 573). The researchers were able to confirm empirically what Erikson intuitively knew and promoted. The Circle of Courage and Eriksons psychosocial stages
As is so much of current (and former) psychological thinking and theory, Eriksons concept of the development of psychosocial stages throughout life is "Euro-centric."
Coughlan and Welsh-Breetzke (2002) compared Eriksons development theory with the South African concept of the Circle of Courage for the purpose of comparing the two to learn whether there are
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