ERIKSON'S 8 STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY

This point in development, the child is utterly dependent upon adult caregivers for everything they need to survive including food, love, warmth, safety, and nurturing.

• Stage 3: Initiative vs. Guilt

• Stage 1: Trust vs. Mistrust

• Stage 2: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

• Stage 4: Industry vs. Inferiority

Children need to cope with new social and academic demands. Success leads to a sense of competence, while failure results in feelings of inferiority.

• Stage 7: Generativity vs. Stagnation

• Stage 3: Initiative vs. Guilt

• Stage 2: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

• Stage 4: Industry vs. Inferiority

We continue to build our lives, focusing on our career and family. Those who are successful during this phase will feel that they are contributing to the world by being active in their home and community.

• Stage 8: Integrity vs. Despair

• Stage 7: Generativity vs. Stagnation

• Stage 6: Intimacy vs. Isolation

• Stage 5: Identity vs. Confusion

At this point in psychosocial development, children begin to assert their power and control over the world through directing play and other social interactions.

Children who are successful at this stage feel capable and able to lead others.

• Stage 3: Initiative vs. Guilt

• Stage 4: Industry vs. Inferiority

• Stage 2: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

• Stage 5: Identity vs. Confusion

This stage plays an essential role in developing a sense of personal identity which will continue to influence behavior and development for the rest of a person's life.

• Stage 3: Initiative vs. Guilt

• Stage 4: Industry vs. Inferiority

• Stage 7: Generativity vs. Stagnation

• Stage 5: Identity vs. Confusion

During early childhood and is focused on children developing a greater sense of personal control.

• Stage 3: Initiative vs. Guilt

• Stage 4: Industry vs. Inferiority

• Stage 1: Trust vs. Mistrust

• Stage 2: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

Success leads to strong relationships, while failure results in loneliness and isolation. This stage covers the period of early adulthood when people are exploring personal relationships.

• Stage 5: Identity vs. Confusion

• Stage 6: Intimacy vs. Isolation

• Stage 8: Integrity vs. Despair

• Stage 7: Generativity vs. Stagnation

At this point in development, people look back on the events of their lives and determine if they are happy with the life that they lived or if they regret the things they did or didn't do.

• Stage 5: Identity vs. Confusion

• Stage 8: Integrity vs. Despair

• Stage 6: Intimacy vs. Isolation

• Stage 7: Generativity vs. Stagnation

The virtue developed by Adolescence

• Hope

• Fidelity

• Care

• Love

The virtue developed by Maturity

• Confidence

• Purpose

• Will

• Wisdom