Erik Erikson was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1902. His biological father was an unnamed Danish man who abandoned Erik's mother before he was born. The development of identity seems to have been one of the greatest concerns in Erikson's own life as well as in his theory. During his childhood, and his early adulthood, he was Erik Homberger, and his parents kept the details of his birth a secret.

He is most famous for his work in refining and expanding Sigmund Freud's theory of stages. Erikson felt development functions by the epigenetic principle. This principle says that we develop through a predetermined unfolding of our personalities in eight stages. Each stage involves certain devel

The first stage, infancy or the oral-sensory stage, is approximately the first year or year and a half of life. The task is to develop trust without completely eliminating the capacity for mistrust.

The way Jackson’s life is now, he can have anything he wants and desires at a mere whim. He seems spoiled, so he has the mentality of a child in a candy store. He has no discipline, no control, and no structure. Again his mindset is still that of a child that can do anything they want to do, but suffer no repercussions because of it. This is evident by his lavish spending on things that anyone in stage four would think of purchasing if given the chance.

It can also be argue that because Joseph Jackson pushed Michael Jackson into one area of competence he did not allow the development of broader interests that would cause Michael to move to the next stage. Michael could never focus on anything outside of music and the music industry, which offered the little chance for him to met and develop relationships other cohorts his age.

Joseph Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family, has been portrayed in most articles/books on the family and by family members themselves as a strong disciplinarian. Michael Jackson refers to his father as Joseph as opposed to dad, which indicates to me a distant relationship.

Thriller released in 1982 is one of the top selling albums of all time and consisted of several hits such as “Beat It” and “Billie Jean”. The videos Jackson made to support the songs on the album took the music industry straight into the video age.

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