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PsychologistsTheories Studies Research Methods Home › Developmental Psychology › Erik Erikson Erik Erikson by Saul McLeod published 2008, updated 2013 Erik Erikson (1950, 1963) proposed a psychoanalytic theory of psychosocial development comprising eight stages from infancy to adulthood. During each stage, the person experiences a psychosocial crisis which could have a positive or negative outcome for personality development.Erikson’s ideas were greatly influenced by Freud, going along with Freud’s (1923) […]


