Erickson Theory Of Personality

Over the years so many theories of personality have been discovered by a variety of well-known psychologist such as Eric Erickson, Carl Jung, Briggs- Myers, Sigmund Freud, and James Marcia just to name a few. Even though there are a multitude of theories that can be applied to personality, for the sake of this paper, I will focus, analyzed and applied Erickson and Marcia’s theories towards myself. By using myself I hope to gain an understanding on how those theories work and apply to the human race. A common argument that is seen between psychologists is the ability to explain the uniqueness of the personality soul and spirit of the humanity. Beginning with Erickson who is well known for developing a theoretical framework (Karkouti, 2014).

According to my family speaking in a strange public area could cause the consequence of your parents being taken away. As I grew up having fear to speaking stuck with me throughout my adolescences causing difficulty in school. Not being able to ask questions limited my ability to understand school task resulting in low grades in school. Participating in-group activities was difficult to do which resulted of me crying because it was just overwhelming. Much of my struggles of speaking can be explained in Erickson theory, where he describes the importance of how linking identity development with the social constructs of the broader community that include history, culture and traditions, and ethical behavior by his eight development stage theory (Karkouti, 2014). The first stage in Erickson’s theory is basic trust versus mistrust, which begin at a very young age. This stage can be obtained by the interactions between caregivers (Karkouti, 2014) crisis occurs, as in my case, when the caregiver implements fear to the individual causing a bond to

For a very long time I would consider myself being in the foreclosure stage which is where most individuals do not challenge or questions their values and just accept them (Karkouti, 2014). But now in my young adult stage I believe I have moved to moratorium stage. In this stage individuals start questioning their parental values and try to figure out their true self in hopes to reach identify achievement (Karkouti,