Identity Crisis

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 June 15, 1902  Frankfurt, Germany  Unnamed Danish Father (abandoned his mother before he was born). Mother was Karla Abrahamsen. At three years old, mother married Dr. Theodor Homberger.

 Peter Blos encouraged him to apply at a teaching position at an experimental psychological school (Dorothy Burlinham)  Got a certificate in Montessori education and one from the Verenna Psychoanalytical Society.  Traveled around Europe, basically wondering around museums. He was one of the original care-free rebels  Taught at the experimental school

 He dealt with the cognitive perspective.  Because he was a developmental psychologist he dealt with how minds work and develop.

 His most famous work is expanding Freuds theory stages.  His experiments were really observations of his subjects  Wrote: Identity and the Life Cycle, Adulthood, Dimensions of a New Identity, Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence, Identity: Youth Crisis, In Search of Common Ground, Insight and Responsibility, Life History and the Historical Movement, Vital Involvement in Old Age, Young Man Luther

Eight Stages Trust vs. Mistrust Industry vs. Inferiority Initiative vs. Guilt Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt Intimacy vs. Isolation Generativity vs. Self-absorption Integrity vs. Despair Ego-Identity vs. Role Confusion

 The ideas that he published in his books reached out to young psychologists and are still sometimes used today  He addressed historical and religious questions in addition to the developmental process  Coined the term identity crisis

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