ERIKSON’s STAGE OF

DEVELOPMENT
8 Stage’s of psychosocial development
 OVERVIEW

• Erik Erikson was an ego psychologist who developed one of the

most popular and influential theories of development. While his
theory was impacted by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud's work,
Erikson's theory centered on psychosocial development rather
than psychosexual development.
• Unlike Freud's theory of psychosexual stages, however,
Erikson's theory described the impact of social experience
across the whole lifespan. Erikson was interested in how social
interaction and relationships played a role in the development
and growth of human beings
STAGE 1- TRUST VS MISTRUST

• AGE- Birth to 18 months Aarav as a baby has

• Conflict- Trust vs. Mistrust
always been easy to take
• Relationship- Mother
care of. His mother had
• Strength-Hopes
nursed him on demand
• Question- Can I trust the world?
• Key Event- Feeding
and found that. He really
did not demand to be fed
that after.
STAGE 2- AUTONOMY VS SHAME &
DOUBT
• Age- 18 month to 3 years Aarav grew up to be a
• Conflict- Autonomy vs. Shame kid who could adjust to
&Doubt
changes, and developed
• Relationship- Parents
• Strength-Will
sense of dependence. He
• Question- Is it ok to be me? decide who can carry him
• Key Event- Toilet Training in arm and who can't.
STAGE 3- INITIATIVE & GUILT
• Age-3 years to 6 years
• Conflict- Initiative vs. Guilt
• Relationship-Family
• Strength-Purpose
• Question- Is it okay for me to do,
move & act?
• Key Event- Independence
Aarav going to pre-
school now .He is
taking initiatives to
make friends and learn
about his interest, It
seems little Aarav loves
to play football.
STAGE 4- INDUSTRY VS INFERIORITY
• Age-6 years to 12 years
• Conflict- Industry vs. Inferiority.
• Relationship- Neighbors, School
• Strength- Competence
• Question- Can I make it in the
world of people and things?
• Key Event- School
Aarav was encouraged and
received constant support.
Aarav lost a football match,
That day he learnt a life lesson
from his father, "learn from
your mistakes, failure is a part
of journey not the ending".
After that day Aarav
continued to improve.
STAGE 5- IDENTITY & ROLE
CONFUSION
• Age- 12 years to 18 years
• Conflict- Identity vs. Role
Confusion
• Relationship- Peers, Role Model
• Strength- Fidelity.
• Question- Who am I? what can I
be?
• Key Event- Peer relationships
Aarav was transferred to a new
school, he began to have feeling
inferior in the new environment and
had difficulty in making new friends.
But He was soon able to make
friends because of the game he
loved. He made his football team win
a match . It was all because he never
gave up and he learnt from his past
mistakes that he had done in the past
match of the game.
STAGE 6- INTIMACY & ISOLATION
• Age-19 years to 40 years
• Conflict- Intimacy vs. Isolation
• Relationship-Friends, Partners
• Strength-Love
• Question- Can I love?
• Key Event- Love relationships
Aarav is a one of the Ace player
of his school team. New
member of his cheer team had
huge crush on him, after few
meetings the crush scene
became mutual, they were often
teased by their friends. This
didn't last long, the connection
broke after both of them moved
to different cities to pursue
higher education.
STAGE 7- GENERATIVITY &
STAGNATION
• Age-40 years to 65 years
• Conflict-Generativity vs. Stagnation
• Relationship-Household, Workmates
• Strength-Care
• Question- Can I make my life count?
• Key Event- Parenting
Aarav is a responsible adult
who is voluntarily to
contribute to society and he
has now taken the role of
his father where he is
supposed to take
responsibilities. His
curiosity will to grow died
in the process.
STAGE 8- INTEGRITY & DESPAIR
• Age- 65 years to Death
• Conflict- Integrity vs. Despair.
• Relationship- Mankind, My kind
• Strength-Wisdom
• Question- Is it ok to have been
me?
• Key Event-Reflecting on and,
acceptance of one's life
Aarav in his final days spent
his time teaching his grand
kids about his life
experience, his achievement
and his despair, that how he
could do more in his life by
participating in more
activities and also how he
could atleast confess to his
first crush before drifting
apart.
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