After reading Chapter 8, you should be able to: - Describe similarities and differences between the personality theories of Erikson and Freud.
- Write about the importance of the ego in Erikson's theory.
- Discuss ways in which social and cultural factors influence personality.
- Compare and contrast Erikson's first four stages of psychological development with Freud's infantile and latency stages.
- List Erikson's last four stages of psychosocial development, their crises, basic strengths, and core pathologies.
- Explain Erikson's epigenetic principle.
- Explain how identity confusion can have positive effects on personality.
- Discuss Erikson's use of psychohistory as a research method.
- Describe Erikson's anthropological studies.
- Describe recent research on Erikson's concepts of identity and generativity.
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