58 pages 1 hour read

Erik Erikson

Identity: Youth and Crisis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

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Essay Topics

1.

What is the significance of the collection’s title—Identity: Youth and Crisis? Support your response with examples from the text.

2.

According to Erikson, how can the powers of a dominant culture stunt personality development in marginalized youth, and what psychological forces can reverse the process?

3.

How does the School Age (Stage 4 in Erikson’s life cycles) serve as both the culmination of the earlier childhood stages and a necessary precursor to the Adolescent stage?