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guilt; industry vs. inferiority; identity vs. role confusion; intimacy vs. isolation; generativity vs. stagnation; and ego integrity vs. despair. Like Piaget, Erikson's theory also explains the factors that influence personality development albeit through a framework of psychosocial factors. Thus, this theory too is immensely valuable as it enables parents and teachers to help a child successfully negotiate each psychosocial crisis and thereby develop a healthy sense of self.
Piaget and Erikson's work is valuable but is limited since the focus is on explaining the process through which personality develops. Thus, both theories stop short of explaining final personality outcomes and their functioning. For this reason, I agree with Carl Jung's personality theory more than any other since it offers an explanation of how the individual psyche works, by itself, and in terms of its relation to the universe. In fact, I find that Jung's personality typology explains my own personality accurately as a "ESFJ" or "Extroverted Feeling with Sensing" type....
This matches my knowledge of myself as a person whose feelings are always transparent even while enjoying social interactions of all kinds. In line with the personality type description, I also agree that I have a strong sense of right and wrong. But since I like harmony, this often creates a great deal of internal conflict when I am forced to reconcile transgression with my desire for peace.
Thus, while Piaget and Erikson's work may help explain how personality develops, Jung's theory allows for understanding how various aspects of a psyche influence the final personality outcome. To that extent, I believe that Jung's theory takes a more comprehensive approach.
References
AllPsych. (2004, March 21). Personality Development. Psychology 101. Retrieved Nov. 10, 2004: http://allpsych.com/psychology101/development.html
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