58 pages • 1 hour read
Erik EriksonIdentity: Youth and Crisis
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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?
