Erik Homburger Erikson

by his mother and stepfather, who worked pediatrom.V youth Erikson studied art and traveled to Europe, dreaming of becoming hudozhnikom.Dzhoan Serson, future wife Erickson studied at the analyst and introduced him to psychoanalysis (later he became a psychoanalyst, and she - the artist) .

admitted to the Harvard Psychological Clinic under the direction of Henry Murray and was the author of dramatic test. At different stages of his career, he has collaborated with the Institute of Human Relations.

an environment of two American Indian kultur.Erikson considered himself a Freudian, he offered a lot of theoretical innovation, emphasizes the role of social factors in the development of the ego. The most notable is its theoretical position on the development of the ego throughout life.