blog writing #theories of human development

Individuals can employ several theories in explaining the development of human beings. One of the most appropriate theories is Erikson's psychosocial development theory. He posits that different crises characterize different stages of human development. He maintains that there are eight stages of human development (Chung, 2018). The stages include infancy, early, middle, and late childhood, adolescence, early and mature adulthood, and the last stage is old age. The crises correspond with each stage of human development. Trust or mistrust corresponds with the infancy stage. However, in the late stages of development, despair or integrity are the crises an individual faces.