Erik Erikson

•Birth to one year

•Dependent

•Trusted, will feel secure of

the world

•Not trusted, will not feel

secure of the world.

Stage 1TRUST VS. MISTRUST

Stage 2Autonomy Vs. Shame

•Autonomy- independence or freedom

•Age-18 months to 3 years

•When children are feeling more in control and

starting to do things themselves.

•If not completed, they have self-doubt

•If stage is completed, they are secure and

confident.

Stage 3Initiative vs. Guilt

• During the preschool years (3-6 years old.) Use of power and control.

• Able to lead others• Sense of guilt.• Initiative- is recognizing and doing

what needs to be done before asked to do it.

• Ex: cleaning your room before being asked.

Stage 4Industry vs. Inferiority

• School age 6-12, during latency• Learning new skills• Feeling of confidence• Low self esteem• Future success and feelings of inferiority

Stage 5 Identity vs. Role Confusion

By: Vanessa Hollon, Cara D. & Sam McNamara

• 12-18 yrs old• trying to find identity • Struggling with social interactions & moral issues• many go into a period of withdrawing from responsibilities• most significant relationships are with peer groups• during adolescence, children are exploring independence &

developing a sense of self• proper encouragement and reinforcement through personal

exploration = a strong sense of self & a feeling of independence & control

• those who remain unsure of their beliefs & desires = insecure & confused about themselves & the future

STAGE 5Identity vs. Role Confusion

ADOLESCENCE12-18

-What is done to us, what we do.-Not a child anymore, but not yet an adult.-Our task is to discover who we are as individuals.-Thinking where were going and how were getting there.-They feel the need to establish their own identities.

• 19-40 years old.• Strong relationships • Loneliness• Love • identity• geniality.• Promiscuity• Exclusion

Stage 6Young Adult : Intimacy vs. Isolation

Stage 7: Generativity & Stagnation• This stage usually occurs within the ages of 26 to 64

years of age.• Generativity is the concern for people besides

oneself and family, yearning to nurture and guide younger people and contribute to the next generation is developed within this stage.

• Stagnation is the fear that one will not succeed as much as they would like to in the world and will not leave a positive influence.

• Those who do not have a strong sense of creativity or are not spiritual in nature may not have completed this stage, those individuals that don’t will be stagnated or one without goals.

Stage 8Integrity vs. despair

• 65 to death Late Adulthood• Despair-look back at experience, fear

death.• Integrity- look back and see the

happiness in their life, and make right choices.

• Stage 8 is recovering from stage 7