What is erikson's term for development that encompasses changes in individuals' understanding of themselves and of others' behavior?

The answer is " Psychosocial development".

Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, is a complete psychoanalytic hypothesis that distinguishes a progression of eight phases, in which a healthy individual should go through from earliest stages to late adulthood. All stages are available during childbirth, however just start to unfurl as indicated by both a characteristic plan and one's natural and social childhood.