Erik erikson biography ppt for kids
Erik erikson biography ppt for kids pdf...
Erik erikson biography ppt for kids
Erik Erikson
Brandi L. Johnecheck
The Art Institute of Portland & The Art Institute Online
About the Man
- Born in Germany in to a single Jewish woman from Denmark.
- Having a clearly Scandinavian appearance, he discovered that the man who raised him was his adopted father.
His mother then claimed his father was a previous husband, but he never found out who his real father was.
- At school, he was called a Jew; in temple, he was called a “goy” (derogatory name for a non-Jew).
- Attended primary school and a “humanistic gymnasium,” similar to a high school.
Disliking formal education, he never received a higher degree, though he enrolled in an art school twice.
- Suffered a “severe, near-psychotic, adolescent identity crisis.”
- Took to wandering, and disliked being in one place for long, though colleagues respected him greatly.
- Found “admirable substitute fathers in Freud, Luther, Gandhi, and Jesus.”
- Changed his name to from Homburger (adopted father’s name) to Erikson upon