Showing posts with label Erik Erikson. Show all posts
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Friday, July 26, 2013

Video Lecture - Theories of Pesonality - Nelson Mandela





Case Study - Nelson Mandela

This video takes a look at the personality of Nelson Mandela from his childhood to rise to power as president of  South Africa. He was instrumental in the fight to end apartheid. Various psychologist made use of various theories of personality to shed light to Mandela's personality.

It should be noted that this video is akin to Erik Erikson's study on Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi known as psychohistories. Although this video does not discuss Erikson's theory on Personality. 


  Part 1


 Part 2