Erikson Timeline

  • Identity vs Indentity confusion, Erikson's fifth stage, the crisis of becoming who you will be,knowing your place in the world, and testing your own limits

    Identity vs Indentity confusion, Erikson's fifth stage, the crisis of becoming who you will be,knowing your place in the world, and testing your own limits
    Violet Jessop moved from Argentina to England after her father died, and began attending convent school
  • Intimacy vs Isolation, Erikson's 6th stage

    Violet Jessop worked as a ship stewardess and nurse, and survived 3 sinking ships, including the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Crisis is to risk your new identity by marrying. Violet chose her career, had no intimate relationship.
  • Ego Integrity vs Despair, Erikson's 8th stage

    Ego Integrity vs Despair, Erikson's 8th stage
    Violet Jessop told her story, showed her memoirs of her life to an author. The crisis at this stage is looking back at and possibly re-experiencing life experiences. Violet did not illustrate despair or regret .She seemed to accept the big events in her life.