According to Erik Erikson believed that personality develops in a variety of stages. The theory describes the challenges that the person goes through in social experience, addresses both stability and change in personality. Erik also believed that a sense of competence motivates behavior and actions. Each stage is about becoming more skilled in a certain area of ​​life starting in childhood and becoming important during adolescence. In each stage a conflict is described that the person must now manage whether he will fail or be able to develop that quality. Erik Erikson was born on June 15, 1902 in Frankfurt. Germany. His parents divorced before his birth but later his mother married a doctor Dr. Theodor Homberger but the bad part was that his mother never told him that Homberger was his biological father so it created confusion in his life that it was key for him to have an interest in identity formation. His interest in identity developed based on his school experience. He later obtained a certificate from the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society where he studied psychoanalysis. He began working at a school created by Dorothy Burlingham where he met Joan Serson and later married and had 3 children. In 1933 Erik moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and was offered a job at Harvard Medical School as its first child analyst. He has also held positions at many institutions such as Yale, Berkley, and the Menninger Foundation. He changed his name to Erik H. Erikson and published numerous books on his theories and research and won a Pulitzer Prize and a US National Book Award. The stages of psychosocial development were described from Erik's perspective to which the stages are related. ag...... middle of paper ...... the child will have bad behavior even if he is a good boy, also the parent cannot force the child to share things especially when he is in adolescence. Also, if you want your child to have good manners and be very respectful, you should guide him by showing him what he looks like. The childish behavior phase is what allows us to be better, to know life better and to be prepared for anything. Works Cited Cherry, K. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesofmajorthinkers/p/bio_erikson.htmhthttp://psychology.about.com/od/psychosocialtheories/a/psychosocial.htmtp://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/ psych101/development/section1.rhtml http://psychology.about.com/od/psychosocialtheories/a/psychosocial.htm http://www.support4change.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=108http: //webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/genpsyerikson.html