The Search for Identity

THE GAME OF LIFEPsychosocial DevelopmentSocial Development Across the LifespanSocial Development Across the LifespanSocial Development concerns how individuals social interactions change across the life span.Person consider: culture and environmentPsychodynamic view of Eric Erikson (1963): proposed that every individual must successfully navigate a series of psychological stages, each of which presented a particular conflict or crisis. Eight stagesSimilar for all peopleEach stage presents a crisis or conflictMust resolve each stage, but no crisis is ever fully resolved

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