Erik Erikson's psychosocial developmental theory (1950, 1968) was a response to Freud's reductionistic views of the human personality. For Erikson, all people have an essence, including the sexuality ...

Explore the profound thoughts of Erik Erikson, founder of psychosocial development theory, as he emphasizes the importance of self-awareness in fostering empathy and patience in our relationships with ...

Integrity vs. despair is the eighth and final stage of Erik Erikson’s stage theory of psychosocial development. This stage ...

Although psychologists have studied intimacy for decades, there is no one agreed-upon definition of it. There are two predominant ideas regarding what intimacy is (see Cook, 2014): Following Erik ...