Childhood and Society
What is the theme in Childhood and Society by Erik H. Erikson?
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Erik Erikson is perhaps most well-known for his "eight stages of man", his theory of psychosocial development. The theory is Freudian in nature but expands Freud's five stage theory into an eight-stage theory. It focuses primarily on a dichotomy between possible psychological states that must be chosen between before proceeding to the next stage.