AP Psych: Psychosocial Developmental Stages

Trust vs Mistrust→0-18 months old

• Dependent on caregiver for survival

• if caregiver fails to provide safer environment, child could mistrust the adults in their life

• M.Q: Can I trust the people around me?

• Important Event: Feeding

• Success:

  • safe

  • secure

• Failure:

  • mistrust

  • unpredictability

Autonomy vs Shame→18 months-3 years old

• Greater personal control

• Basic actions, decisions

• Sense of Autonomy

• M.Q Can I do things myself or am I reliant on the hlep of others?

• Important Event: Toilet Training

• Success:

  • secure

  • confident

• Failure:

  • loss of personal control

Initiative vs Guilt→3-5 years old

• Assert control by directing play and social interactions

• Children need to assert power over the environment

• M.Q: Is it ok that I do what I do?

• Important Event: Exploration

• Success:

  • Purpose

• Failure (too much)

  • disapproval

  • guilt

Industry vs. Inferiority→6-11 years old

• Sense of pride in abilities

• Cope with new social and academic demands

• M.A: How can I stand out?

• Important Event: School

• Success:

  • Competence & Belief

• Failure:

  • Doubt

  • Inferiority

Role Identity vs Confusion→12-18 years old

• Sense of personal identity

• Self-identity

• M.Q: Who am I?

• Important Event: Social Relationships

• Success:

  • strong self

  • independence

  • control

• Failure:

  • insecurity

Intimacy vs Isolation→19-40 years old

• Young adults need to form intimate, loving relationships with other people

• M.Q: Will I be loved or alone?

• Important Event: Relationship

• Success:

  • Strong relationships

• Failure:

  • loneliness and isolation

Generativity vs Stagnation→40-65 years old

• Need to create or nurture things that outlast them

• feelings of accomplishment

• M.Q: How can I contribute to the world?

• Important Events: Work and Parenthood

• Success:

  • Contributing to world

• Failure:

  • Unproductive

  • uninvolved

Integrity vs Despair→65-Death

• Reflection on life

• Decide if happy with lived life

• M.Q: Did I live a meaningful life?

• Important Events: Reflection on Life

• Success:

  • Satisfaction

  • Pleace

• Failure:

  • Fear

  • Regret

Erik Erikson

Psychosocial Development