Erik Erikson
Erik Erikson
Erik Hamburger Eriksonwas a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. He may be most famous for coining the phrase identity crisis. His son, Kai T. Erikson, is a noted American sociologist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth15 June 1902
CityFrankfurt, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
You can actively flee, then, and you can actively stay put.
home people castles
Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters - where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives, as moral as they must be, as free as they may be, and as masterly as they can be. If we only knew it, this elusive arrangement is happiness.
The psychoanalytic method is essentially a historical method.
baby facts controlled
Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact ... the family brings up baby by being brought up by him.
law facts faces
You've got to learn to accept the law of life, and face the fact that we disintegrate slowly.
A man's conflicts represent what he 'really' is.
america arguing
In America nature is autocratic, saying, "I am not arguing, I am telling you.
children mistake accomplishment
Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom.