Erik Erikson Trivia Questions

Erikson argued development continues across the entire lifespan, with eight stages from infancy to late adulthood.

This stage, from birth to 18 months, centers on whether a child develops basic trust through consistent caregiving.

This eighth stage, added later in his career, focuses on reflecting on life and achieving a sense of fulfillment or regret.

This sixth stage focuses on forming deep romantic relationships; failure leads to loneliness and isolation.

He popularized the phrase after observing WWII veterans and later used it to describe the key conflict in adolescence.

Despite his fame, Erikson had no college degree; he trained as a psychoanalyst under Anna Freud and taught at Harvard based on his work.

Erikson was influenced by Freud but never directly collaborated with him; he expanded Freud's ideas into a psychosocial framework.

He was born in Germany but his original surname was Homburger; he adopted 'Erikson' as his own choice, not to hide his heritage.