Erikson’s Stages of Development The Theory: ERIK ERIKSON • A healthy human should pass through 8 distinct stages • At each stage, we face challenges we must master before we can move in a healthy manner to the next stage • If we don’t master a stage, we may face problems in later stages of life • In reality, all people will be at different stages (developmentally speaking) no matter their age. Stage 1: Infancy Significan Approxim Psychoso t Existentia Virtues Examples ate Age cial crisis relations l question hip Basic Can I Feeding, 0-2 years Hope Trust vs. Mother Trust the Abandon Mistrust World? ment Stage 2: Early Childhood Significan Approxim Psychoso t Existentia Virtues Examples ate Age cial crisis relations l question hip Autonom Toilet y vs. Is It Okay Training, 2–4 years Will Shame Parents To Be Clothing and Me? Themselv Doubt es Stage 3: Formation Significan Approxim Psychoso t Existentia Virtues Examples ate Age cial crisis relations l question hip Is It Okay Exploring, For Me Using Initiative 4–5 years Purpose Family To Do, Tools or vs. Guilt Move Making and Act? Art Stage 4: Middle Childhood Significan Approxim Psychoso t Existentia Virtues Examples ate Age cial crisis relations l question hip Can I Make It Industry In The 5–12 Compete Neighbor School, vs. World Of years nce s, School Sports Inferiority People And Things? Stage 5: Late Childhood/Teens Significan Approxim Psychoso t Existentia Virtues Examples ate Age cial crisis relations l question hip Identity Peers, Who Am Social 13–19 vs. Role Fidelity Role I? What Relations years Confusio Model Can I Be? hips n Stage 6: Early Adulthood Significan Approxim Psychoso t Existentia Virtues Examples ate Age cial crisis relations l question hip Intimacy Romantic 20–39 Friends, Can I Love vs. Relations years Partners Love? Isolation hips Stage 7: Middle Age Approxim Psychoso Virtues ate Age cial crisis 40–64 years Care Generativ ity vs. Stagnatio n Significan t relations hip Househol d, Workmat es Existentia Examples l question Can I Work, Make My Parentho Life od Count? Stage 8: Twilight Significan Approxim Psychoso t Existentia Virtues Examples ate Age cial crisis relations l question hip Ego Is It Okay Integrity Mankind, To Have Reflectio 65-death Wisdom vs. My Kind Been n on Life Despair Me?