Comparing Erikson and Marcias Psychosocial Theory of...

Eriksons and Marcias Psycho-social theory of Identity and Tajfels Social Identity theory Introduction of theorists: Erikson: Eriksons description of the eight stages of life has a lot of appeal, and Erikson himself was described in the early 1980s as the fifth most influential psychologist of the century (Gilgen, 1982). Much research has been done on predictions made by Eriksons theory, especially the adolescent crisis of identify vs. role confusion. Erikson is one of the few famous personality theorists who said anything interesting about adolescence.) James E. Marcia: Marcia is the current professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University situated at Vancouver. He has done his P. hd in psychology. He was the one who supported 8 stages of Eriksons theory and presented his own new theory with small changes Henri tajfel Henri tajfel, who is the most famous and influential social psychologist of the 20th Century began his life in Poland. He was born in a Jewish family. He has done great contributions in the field of psychology and late on in Chemistry as well. Eriksons and Marcias psychosocial theory of identity James E. Marcia, professor and researcher from Simon Fraser Universitys Department of Psychology has made four identity statuses which supports Eriksons theory of psychosocial development. Marcia emphasized on adolescents as Erikson has described them. He said An identity crisis is a time of intensive analysis and exploration of