Erik H. Erikson

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gptkbp:instanceOf Psychologist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Harvard_Medical_School
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:awards Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology
gptkbp:born June 15, 1902
gptkbp:children gptkb:Sue_Erikson
gptkb:Kai_Erikson
gptkb:Neil_Erikson
gptkbp:died May 12, 1994
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:famousQuote "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
"The ego is not a thing, but a process."
"In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity."
"We are what we are because we have been what we have been."
"The sense of identity is a sense of continuity and sameness."
gptkbp:field Psychology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Erik H. Erikson
gptkbp:influenced Developmental psychology
Social psychology
Humanistic psychology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Anna_Freud
gptkb:Carl_Jung
gptkb:Sigmund_Freud
gptkbp:knownFor Psychosocial development theory
Stages of psychosocial development
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWorks Identity: Youth and Crisis
Childhood_and_Society
gptkbp:researchFocus Identity formation
Psychosocial crises
Lifespan development
gptkbp:residence gptkb:California
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joan_Erikson