Summary-Erikson Erikson had a view of the personality within the psychosocial stages of development. He downplays a biological sexuality in favor of the psychosocial features of the conflict between child and parents. Since development extends throughout the life span and is divided into periods or stages, the amount of conflict in each stage determines whether the positive or negative pole is learned. The first stage is the infant stage, which is considered from birth to …showed first 75 words of 1312 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1312 total…life was not worth it, where one begins to feel unworthy. Erikson had a great view here. The way he showed the development of personality and the changes within each stage was ingenious. The struggles within each stage are what allowed the personality to develop and as we have seen, at each stage there is a tendency to take one of two paths. This is what allows for the many personalities within the world today.