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Stage 1            TRUST vs. MISTRUST - Birth to 1 year

Infancy  

                              Infants depend on others for food, warmth, and affection, and therefore must

                              be able to blindly trust the parents (or caregivers) for providing those.

Stage 2             AUTONOMY (independence) vs. SHAME and DOUBT - 1 to 3 years

Toddlerhood

                        Toddlers learn to walk, talk, use toilets, and do things for themselves. Their

                              self-control and self-confidence begin to develop at this stage.

Stage 3            INITIATIVE vs. GUILT - 3 to 6 years

Preschool

                        Learning to achieve a balance between eagerness for more adventure and                                                         more responsibility, and learning to control impulses and childish fantasies.

Stage 4            INDUSTRY (competence) vs. INFERIORITY - 6 to 12 years

Elementary school

                        Children learn to make things, use tools, and acquire specific skills.  They                                                        do all these while making the transition from the world of home into the                                                             world of peers (school).

Stage 5            IDENTITY vs. ROLE CONFUSION -12 to 18 years

Adolescence                   

                        "Who am I?" The answer comes by integrating a number of different roles—                                                   a talented math student, an athlete, an artist, etc.—into a coherent whole that                                                             fits comfortably with the self.  It is in this stage where individuals make the                                                            transition from dependence on others to dependence on oneself.

Stage 6            INTIMACY vs. ISOLATION - 19 to 40 years

Young adulthood              

                        Erikson says you are not developmentally complete until you are capable of

                              intimacy. An individual who has not developed a sense of identity usually                                                        will fear a committed relationship and may retreat into isolation.

Stage 7            GENERATIVITY vs. STAGNATION - 40 to 65 years

Middle adulthood

                        Ability to look outside oneself and care for others, through parenting, for                                                          instance.

Stage 8            INTEGRITY vs. DESPAIR - 65 years to death

Late adulthood