Lastly is the works of Erik Erikson, who is a complete successor of Freud’s work, using Freud's work as his guidelines. He accepts Freud, but goes on to refine Freud’s tenets wherever he deems necessary, which has caused much controversy. Erikson deals in depth with society and how that related to the potential that an individual has. The Eight Step Development, wherein each step leads to the next stage of life is the key to this beliefs. If one step in this starcase is broke, the individual will suffer throughout the rest of his/he ....