Course materials

1. final paper (13-15 pages) paper will focus on ERIK ERIKSON lif
LOOK AT THE ATTECHMENTfinal paper (13-15 pages) paper will focus on ERIK ERIKSON
life, there will be a schematic that you will need to follow. The schematic consists of the
grandfather which will be Freud Sigmund, the parent who is Anna Sigmund and Montessori
School, then the main child which is Eric Erikson (the story will revolve around Eric Erikson
from who influence him to who was influenced by him) then you will talk about who Erik
Erikson influence which are the children, Howard Gardner and Erick Berne, then you will
talk about one more parson why Erick Berne influence (this you will have to look for and
look at the attachment for a better visual)you will start the paper by first introducing Erik
Erikson (EX: Erik Erikson’s life and his contributor to the field of psychology through his
theories and ideas that aimed at understanding the behavioral changes of people. It will also
discuss major people that influence Erikson and who he also influenced over time, and how
his idea has led to different people creating a different field in psychology.ex: Everyone has
a beginning for Erik Erikson, life started in Germany in 1902 with his stepfather and
mother, Erikson never felt accepted by his stepfather and that lead to a life struggles with
his identity. Erikson’s struggles with identity made a major contribution to his work
throughout his life. Erikson himself never received a degree in psychology, but he studies in
art school for a few years and later drop out and started wandering Europe in search of his
identity.His wandering landed him a teaching job, this is where things started to change for
him. During his teaching days at the school, Anna Freud discovers him and soon encourage
him to study psychoanalysis, with this exposure, he became part neo-Freudianism
psychologist by extending Freud’s theories on the 5 stages of development. )1. Then you
will talk about Freud Sigmund’s life and his contribution to psychology and how his IDEA
INFLUENCE Erik Erikson in terms of child development) while still following the schematic,
Feud will be the grandfather whose work helped Erik develop his major contribution in
psychoanalysis; example eight stages of child development.2. Than you will talk about Ann
Sigmund life and how she followed her father’s footsteps in psychology and how she was
the one that encourages Erik Erikson to join the felid (After meeting Anna Sigmund while
working in Vienna, Erikson decided to pursue the field of psychoanalysis and she was that
are Anna Sigmund who inspired him to advance on psychoanalysis of ego and mechanisms
of defense,3. Then you will talk about the Montessori school and how he attends the thing
and this helps him create his 8 stages of child development. (He studied child development
at the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute through the Montessori method, which focused on
psychosexual and developmental4. Then you will move to Howard Gardner who he was to

2. Erik Erikson and how Erik Erikson influence Howards Gardner’s ideas and theories in the
field of psychotherapy.5. Then you will move to and how he studies analysis under Erik
Erikson and how Erik Erikson influence Erick Berner to develop his theory on transactional
analysis6. You will have to look for one more person which will be the great-grandchild and
how he was influenced by Erick Berner. So, look for someone using Transactional analysis
therapy