Erik Erikson, a psychoanalyst and developmental psychologist, helped reshape how we think about human development. In his theory of psychosocial development, Erikson framed development as a series of ...

WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED to the faculty of the Harvard Medical School in 1934, Erik H. Erikson had never studied medicine. He had no college degree, either, only a standard diploma from a German high ...

You've undoubtedly heard the term "identity crisis," but you may not know its origins. The developmental psychologist Erik Erikson defined eight crisis stages that characterize our lives from birth ...