In 1973, Yale sociologist Kai T. Erikson got a phone call from an attorney, asking him to recommend a graduate student who ...

Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development states that at each stage, we face a crisis. By resolving it, we develop psychological strengths that help us become confident and healthy people. Share on ...

The second account, based on the Saga of the Greenlanders, suggests that Erikson sailed west to see what was out there, much like his father Erik the Red had done in settling Greenland. Either way the ...

Although the cartoon character claims to have made up the holiday in the show, it’s a real observance in the U.S. and parts of Canada recognizing the man who landed on North American shores long ...

Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

More than a millennium ago, legendary Norse Viking Leif Erikson forever changed the course of history when he fearlessly embarked on a daring expedition into the unknown, becoming the first European ...

The term ‘psychosocial’ literally means a combination of psychological and social factors that collectively influence human behavior. For example, studies have shown the relationship between an ...

Erik Erikson's psychosocial developmental theory (1950, 1968) was a response to Freud's reductionistic views of the human personality. For Erikson, all people have an essence, including the sexuality ...

Leif Erikson’s foray into North America began over a thousand years ago—long before Columbus’s 1492 journey. Read on to find out more about the intrepid explorer. 1. Leif Erikson’s story is chronicled ...

Many Americans will celebrate the second Monday in October as Columbus Day, a federal holiday that marks the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s Spanish-led expedition arriving in the Americas, or ...

The success of Game of Thrones has brought a large group of new, rabid readers to epic fantasy — and not just to the works of George R. R. Martin, whose A Song of Ice and Fire novels the HBO show is ...