Erikson expanded psychoanalytic theory by exploring development throughout life, including events of childhood, adulthood, and old age. Erik Erickson's own life helped shape many of his theories.

despair is the eighth and final stage of Erik Erikson’s stage ... While many developmental theories tend to focus purely on childhood events, Erikson was one of the few theorists to examine ...

Leif Erikson (also spelled Ericsson, or Eiriksson) was the second of three sons of Erik the Red, who established a settlement in Greenland after he was exiled from Iceland. Leif Erikson's story ...