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Psychodynamic Theories
Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory
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1. Describe the relationship between the personality of Erikson and Freud.

2. Compare and contrast Erikson’s and Freud’s stages of psychological development.

3. List Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development, their crises, their basic strengths, and their core pathologies.

4. Explain Erikson’s epigenetic principle.

5. Discuss Erikson’s use of psychohistory as a research method.

6. Describe play construction and its role in Erikson’s research on gender differences.

7. Describe Erikson’s anthropological studies.

8. Describe recent research on Erikson’s concepts of identify and generativity.