ABSTRACT An Eriksonian perspective posits the importance of the societal context in which the individual develops. Part and parcel of that approach is a consideration of how contemporary technology might affect development. This article examines the impact of the defining technology of contemporary society—the Internet—on individual development of Millennials. Specifically, it delineates how the characteristics and affordances of the Internet may impact those elements of identity formation that may contribute to a sense of pseudospeciation. The focus is on the particular challenges of the Internet age on both identity formation and pseudospeciation at a time in which Millennials begin to undertake positions of influence in both their personal and professional lives. The challenges and possibilities inherent in the above are outlined and discussed.

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埃里克森在线：互联网时代的身份和伪物种

摘要 埃里克森的观点假定了个人发展的社会背景的重要性。这种方法的重要组成部分是考虑当代技术如何影响发展。本文考察了当代社会的定义技术——互联网——对千禧一代个人发展的影响。具体来说，它描述了互联网的特征和可供性如何影响可能导致伪物种形成感的身份形成要素。重点是互联网时代在身份形成和伪物种形成方面的特殊挑战，千禧一代开始在他们的个人和职业生活中担任有影响力的职位。概述和讨论了上述固有的挑战和可能性。