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If you're a psychologist that's deeply, deeply invested in understanding human growth, the theory that's going to help you the most in the field of kind of human growth and development, it's considered kind of the foundational theory of the field.
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It would have to be erickson's theory of psychosocial development.
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What made this theory interesting was it proposes psychosocial.
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Social development happens in stages from birth, start and then kind of go through teenage years, and then ends up with adulthood, and then kind of onward to like late age, old age.
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Now, what makes this a unique theory in the field of psychology is that it doesn't try to narrow down onto a very small part of life, but instead adopts a holistic view that encompasses not only cognitive and physical development, but also includes things like emotional and social development.
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And compared to other theories that don't do this, it establishes and acknowledges that development is a lifelong process.
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And it doesn't just stop after the first five years or the first 20 years.
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And instead, it considers things through old age...