ERIKSON'S 8 STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development

It FOCUSES ON THE RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENT CRISES TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL AND COMPLETE PERSON.

Erik Erikson

He was a STAGE THEORIST WHO TOOK FREUD’S CONTROVERSIAL THEORY AND MODIFIED IT INTO AN EIGHT STAGE PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT.

Autonomy

• SELF GOVERNMENT; FREEDOM to act or FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY.

Psychosocial

• HAVING BOTH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS.

Trust vs. Mistrust

• BIRTH TO 1 ½ YEARS

• Learn that WORLD IS A SAFE AND NURTURING PLACE, OR THEY LEARN TO BE MISTRUSTFUL and frightened.

Autonomy vs. Shame

• 2 TO 3 YEARS

• BEGINS TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN BODIES and to some extent, their lives, WHICH ALLOWS FOR GREAT INDEPENDENCE AND SELF CONFIDENCE.

Initiative vs. Guilt

• 4 to 5 YEARS

• They EXPAND THEIR WORLD, LEARN TO CONTROL THEIR NEW ENV; acquire feelings of competence and independence, DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

Industry vs. Inferiority

• 6 TO 11 YEARS

• They BEGIN TO HAVE MORE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; DEVELOP SENSE OF PRIDE in accomplishments.

Identity vs. Role Confusion

• 12 TO 18 YEARS

• The MAIN TASK: ACHIEVE A STATE OF IDENTITY; to know WHO SHE IS AND WANTS TO BE.

Intimacy vs. Isolation

• 18 TO 35 YEARS

• EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS, MOVING TO COMMITMENT AND LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS, failure brings isolation.

Generativity vs. Stagnation

• 35 TO 65 YEARS

• Being in the world, THOUGHTS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. WHAT HAVE WE ONE TO HELP THOSE WE LOVE AND THE WORLD AT LARGE?

Integrity vs. Despair

• OVER 65 YEARS

• They REFLECT BACK ON LIFE; FEW REGRETS OR BITTERNESS?