The fifth ego crisis stage given by Erikson, identity versus role confusion, corresponds to which of the Freud's stages ?
UGC NET - 2013,
Answer: A
Erikson's fifth stage, identity versus role confusion, occurs in adolescence and lines up with Freud's genital stage, which begins at puberty. In both theories this period is about sexual maturation and the formation of an adult sense of self. The latency stage (about 6 years to puberty) corresponds to Erikson's industry versus inferiority. The phallic stage (about 3 to 6 years) corresponds to initiative versus guilt, and the anal stage (about 1 to 3 years) to autonomy versus shame and doubt. So only the genital stage matches the fifth crisis.
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