SUMMARY OF SIGMUND FREUD’S PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES AND ERIK ERIKSON’S

PSYCHOSOCIAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

STAGES OF
PSYCHOSEXUA STAGES OF RADIUS OF
PERSONALITY PERSONALITY CARE OF
PERIOD L PSYCHOSOCIAL SIGNIFICANT
TRAITS TRAITS PATHOLOGY
DEVELOPMEN DEVELOPMENT PERSONS
T
ACT OF DEPENDENCY
AND AGGRESSIVENESS:
BIRTH TO ONSET OF TRUST VS. MATERNAL PERSONS
ORAL STAGE FINDS INSTANT HOPE & DRIVE WITHDRAWAL
1 YEAR OLD MISTRUST OR CAREGIVERS
GRATIFICATION

RECEIVE PRIMARY
PLEASURE; TOILET
1 YEAR TO ABOUT 3 AUTONOMY VS. WILL AND SELF-
ANAL STAGE TRAINING IS BEING COMPULSION PARENTAL PERSONS
TO 4 YEARS OLD SHAME & DOUBT CONTROL
OBSERVED

INSTINCTUAL
ATTRACTION FOR THE
OPPOSITE-SEX PARENT:
INITIATIVE VS. PURPOSE AND
3 TO 6 YEARS OLD PHALLIC STAGE OEDIPUS COMPLEX AND INHIBITION BASIC FAMILY
GUILT DIRECTION
ELECTRA COMPLEX IS
BEING OBSERVED

6 TO 12 STAGE OR INCREASED ACTIVITY INDUSTRY VS.

NEIGHBORHOOD;
THE PUBERTY LATENCY STAGE WITH SAME SEX PEERS INFERIORITY COMPETENCE INERTIA
SCHOOL
STAGE

GENITAL STAGE PEER GROUPS AND

12 TO 18 YEARS IDENTITY VS. ROLE OUT GROUP
FIDELITY ROLE REPUDIATION
OLD CONFUSION MODELS OF
LEADERSHIP

18 TO 30 YEARS CENTERED IN INTIMACY VS. LOVE AND EXCLUSIVITY PARTNERS IN

OLD ISOLATION AFFILIATION FRIENDSHIP, SEX,
 HETEROSEXUAL COMPETITION,
BEHAVIOR COOPERATION

DIVIDED LABOR AND

GENERATIVITY VS.
30 TO OLD AGE CARE REJECTION SHARED
STAGNATION
HOUSEHOLD

INTEGRITY VS.
OLD AGE TO DEATH WISDOM DISDAIN MANKIND; MY KIND!
DESPAIR