1. Erik Erikson - psychologist http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl

2. Erikson’s Life Erik Erikson was born in Frankfurt, Germany on June 15, 1902. In the late 1920's he met Anna Freud and began to study child psychoanalyses from her at the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute. With the rise of Nazism in the 1930s, Erikson immigrated to the United States in 1933. He possessed a special interest in the influence of society and culture on child development.

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5. In each stage the person confronts, and hopefully masters, new challenges. Each stage builds on the successful completion of earlier stages. The challenges of stages not successfully completed may be expected to reappear as problems in the future. http://en.wikipedia.org

6. Developmental Tasks in Adolescent Transtion into Adulthood 1.Developing a sense of identity 2.Growing in autonomy 3.Renewing oneself by learning and creating 4.Gaining competencies 5.Selecting a career and taking an adult job 6.Constructing and living out a value system 7.Integrating sexuality into one’s life

7. 8.Making friends and living with intimacy 9.Reflecting on religion 10.Taking part in the larger community

8. Individuation Completing the transition from adolescence into adulthood one goes through a process known as individuation – which is becoming an individual, by separating from the past and standing fully on one’s own feet.

9. Dyad Discussion “If I had my choice, I’d rather have a prolonged adolescence than none at all.”

10. According to Erikson's stages, the onset of the identity crisis is in the teenage years, and only individuals who succeed in resolving the crisis will be ready to face future challenges in life.