Professional Documents
Culture Documents
0 MONTHS - 18 MONTHS
INFANCY
MISTRUST
TRUST
VS
STAGE 2 VIRTUE
DEVELOPED WILL
18 MONTHS TO 3 YEARS
OLD
Autonomy EARLY CHILDHOOD Shame & Doubt
Need of independence Overly Critised & Controlled
• picking own clothes / toys • Feel inadequate
• choosing own food • Overly Dependent
preference • Shame & Doubt
• Toilet training
VS
themselves
STAGE 3 VIRTUE
DEVELOPED
PURPOSE
VS
play & social interaction • Feel ashamed & guilty of
• Able to initiate & lead others themselves
• Make desicions & feel secure • Overly Dependent
• Explore interpersonal skills • View mistakes as failures
STAGE 4 VIRTUE
DEVELOPED
COMPETENCIES
5 YEARS OLD TO 12 YEARS OLD
SCHOOL AGE
INDUSTRY
(COMPETENCIES)
Feels the need to win approval
that are valued by society and
begin to develop a sense of pride
VS INFERIORITY
If restricted & discouraged
• Self Doubt on abiities
in their accomplishments. • Feel inferior
• Confident • Feel Inadequet when
• Sense of Pride others can do better
STAGE 5 VIRTUE
DEVELOPED
FIDELITY
12 YEARS OLD TO 18 YEARS OLD
ADOLESENCE
IDENTITY ROLE CONFUSION
VS
Sense of self and personal
identity : personal values, Unsure of their identity
belief & goals • Unsure of their roles in
• Positive social society
relationship • Dissapoinment
• Uniqeness and interaction
• Fidelity
STAGE 6 VIRTUE
DEVELOPED LOVE
INTIMACY
GENERATIVITY STAGNATION
Failing to contribute to the
VS
Creating or nurturing things
that will outlast ourselves society
• Creating a mark or legacy • Feel unproductive
• Giving back to community • Feeling of stagnation
• Feeling of accomplishment • Disconnected
& usefulness
STAGE 8 VIRTUE
DEVELOPED
WISDOM