ERIKSON’S STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

PSYCHOSO- ENVIRON-
AGE PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPORTANT
STAGE CIAL MENTAL
(YEARS) CRISIS EVENTS
STRENGTH INFLUENCE
Birth - 1 INFANCY TRUST VS. MISTRUST Hope Maternal Feeding
Both parents
EARLY AUTONOMY VS.
2–3 Willpower or adult Toilet training
CHILDHOOD SHAME AND DOUBT
substitutes
Parents,
INITIATIVE VS.
3–5 PRESCHOOL Purpose family and Exploration
GUILT
friends
MIDDLE
INDUSTRY VS.
6 – 11 CHILDHOOD Competence School School
INFERIORITY
(SCHOOL AGE)
IDENTITY VS. ROLE Social
12 – 18 ADOLESCENCE Fidelity Peers
CONFUSION relationships
YOUNG INTIMACY VS. Spouse,
19 – 40 Love Relationships
ADULTHOOD ISOLATION lover, friends
40 – 65 MIDDLE GENERATIVITY VS. Care Family, Work and
 ADULTHOOD STAGNATION society parenthood
INTEGRITY VS.
Over 65 OLD AGE Wisdom All humans
DESPAIR