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Erik Erikson Stage of Development

Erik Erikson proposed 8 stages of psychosocial development from infancy to late adulthood. Each stage is characterized by a psychosocial conflict between positive and negative aspects that a person must learn to integrate. The stages include: 1) Trust vs. Mistrust in infancy; 2) Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt in early childhood; 3) Initiative vs. Guilt in pre-school years; 4) Industry vs. Inferiority in school-age children; 5) Identity vs. Role Confusion in adolescence; 6) Intimacy vs. Isolation in young adulthood; 7) Generativity vs. Stagnation in mid-life; and 8) Integrity vs. Des

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Erik Erikson Stage of Development

Erik Erikson proposed 8 stages of psychosocial development from infancy to late adulthood. Each stage is characterized by a psychosocial conflict between positive and negative aspects that a person must learn to integrate. The stages include: 1) Trust vs. Mistrust in infancy; 2) Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt in early childhood; 3) Initiative vs. Guilt in pre-school years; 4) Industry vs. Inferiority in school-age children; 5) Identity vs. Role Confusion in adolescence; 6) Intimacy vs. Isolation in young adulthood; 7) Generativity vs. Stagnation in mid-life; and 8) Integrity vs. Des

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ERIK ERIKSON STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT

Age

Psychosocial
conflict
Trust vs. Mistrust

Significant
relations
Maternal
person/ Primary
Caregiver

Early childhood/toddler
(1-3 years old)

Autonomy vs.
Shame and doubt

Parents

Pre-schooler
(3-6 years old)

Initiative vs. Guilt

Basic family

Grade-schooler
(6-12 years old)

Industry vs.
Inferiority

Peers

Teenager
(12-19 years old)

Identity vs. Role


confusion

Family and
Peers

Young adult
(20-25 years old)

Intimacy vs.
Isolation

Significant
others

Infancy
(0 -1 year)

Strength
Hope

Culmination

- Appreciation of interdependence and relatedness


- Stability and consistency of care
- The infant should receive consistent, predictable
and reliable care to gain trust
Will
- Acceptance of the cycle life, from integration to
disintegration
- Child begins to assert their independence such as
picking which toy to play
- Allows the child to explore their abilities
Purpose
- Child regularly interacting with other children at
school
- Central to this stage is play because it provides
opportunity to explore their interpersonal skills
through initiating activities
Competenc - Childs peer group will gain greater significance
e
and will become a major source of childs selfesteem.
- Begin to develop the sense of pride in their
accomplishment.
Fidelity
- Children are becoming more interdependent
- Begin to look at the future terms of career,
relationship, families
- The individual wants to belong to a society and fit
in.
Love
- Sense of the complexity of relationship, value of
tenderness and loving freely
- Relationships leading toward longer term
commitments with someone other than a family
member.

Mid-age adult
(26-64 years old)

Genarativity vs.
stagnation

Older adult
(65 death)

Integrity vs.
Despair

Family of
procreation,
work and
friendship
groups
Family, world,
friends

Care

- Established careers, settle down within a


relationship
- Involved in community activities and organizations

Wisdom

- Productivity slows down, they contemplate their


accomplishment in life

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