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An 8 page paper which examines how Erikson defines stress, causes, and implications as described in the texts, “Dialogue with Erik Erikson,” “Childhood and Society,” and “Identity and the Life Cycle.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Selye defined stress for psychological purposes as, "The demand made on an organism to adjust" (Rathus and Nevid, 1980, p. 150). It is this definition psychotherapist Erik Erikson used
as a guideline to develop a practical definition of stress as experienced through what he referred to as the eight stages of human development in his landmark text, Childhood and
Society, first published in 1950 and updated in 1963. According to Erikson, stress is not only unavoidable; it is, in fact, a natural part of a human beings life
cycle. Erikson further cemented this philosophical foundation with his subsequent text, Identity and the Life Cycle, and later discussed at length his theories at length with Professor Richard I.
Evans in the volume, Dialogue with Erik Erikson, in which he supplied additional commentary updating the material found in Childhood and Society. In what was at the time a shocking
conclusion, Erik Erikson determined in Childhood and Society that stress was a normal and even healthy aspect of life. His lengthy definition of stress would be contained within the
parameters of his epigenesis theory, which he explained to Professor Richard I. Evans as, Epi means upon and genesis as emergence. So epigenesis means that one item develops on
top of another in space and time... extended... to include a hierarchy of stages, not just a sequence" (Erikson and Evans, 1967, pp. 21-22). In order to ascend from
one developmental phase to the next, certain crises must be successfully handled. The reaction a person has to these crises is known as stress, which is a part of
the psychological equation from the very beginning. First, there is basic trust vs. basic mistrust, which begins from the moment of birth and lasts until about one year of
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