Episode 8: How We Form Our Sense of Self (Erikson's Theory)

In this podcast, Jenn and Beth spend time explaining Erikson's psychosocial theory of the development of self. Knowing how your child "sees" himself at different times in his life can help you to guide his growth better. Unlike many other theorists, Erikson provided stages of development from cradle to grave, so adults might learn a thing or two about their own development too. To understand who we are, Erikson believed that we had to solve a series of ego crisis. These are not quite what you might think! These are inner struggles to trust people in the environment or not, to decide whether we have strong enough skills to compete with others or not, and many others. It is likely that you will understand yourself better after listening, please enjoy!

You can listen to Episode 8: How We Form Our Sense of Self (Erikson's Theory) online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Episode 8: How We Form Our Sense of Self (Erikson's Theory) is an episode from 411 Child Podcast.

This episode is 57:46 long.

This episode was published on Apr 9, 2011.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from 411 Child Podcast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.