There are many different theories that can be used to try to determine why we have become who we are. While some believe that our environment and people around us determine this others believe that stages throughout childhood are crucial. We have decided to take these theories and apply them to Eminem. .
Psychodynamic Perspective.
Erik Erikson was born in Frankfurt, Germany, on June 15, 1902. Erikson is a Freudian ego-psychologist, which means he accepts Freud's ideas as basically correct. Erikson is most famous for his work in refining and expanding Freud's theory of stages. Development, he says, functions by the Epigenetic Principle, which is what we develop through a predetermined unfolding of our personalities in eight stages. The progress through these stages is in part determined by our success or lack of success in all the previous stages and each stage involves certain developmental tasks that are psychosocial in nature. .
Evaluating Marshall "Eminem" Mathers III life in light of, psycho-dynamics psychologist, Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages, I think when he was 0-12 months; he was able to resolve the first stage Infancy. During this time his mother supplied the necessary provisions of food, warmth and closeness. This was a major stepping-stone, where the foundation for trust becomes important. In the next period, age 1-3, he resolved the second of Erikson's stages adequately by assuming important responsibilities for his own self-care, like feeding himself, using the bathroom, and dressing himself. Erikson's third stage comes between the ages of 3-6 years. During this stage a child is supposed to learn to achieve a balance between eagerness for more adventure and more responsibility, and learning to control impulses and childish fantasies. The fourth is stage competence v. inferiority from ages 6-12. School is the important event at this stage. Children learn to make things, use tools, and acquire the skills they need to be a worker and potential provider.
