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The following entry describes Erikson’s first stage of psychosocial development, the impact of this stage on individual development, and the design of research scales to assess his theoretical ideas.
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Erik Erikson obtained training in the psychoanalytic model in Vienna under Sigmund Freud. Erikson made a significant contribution to the field of psychology with his stages of psychosocial development, which he indicated drew on two major theories of psychoanalysis: psychosexual development and ego psychology (Erikson 1985). Erikson viewed his theory as an extension or an elaboration of Freud’s, adding a psychosocial dimension to psychobiology. With this addition, Erikson focused on the relationship of individuals with their culture, essentially placing the “individual in his...
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Gedge, E., Abell, S. (2020). Trust Versus Mistrust. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_639
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