Stage Infancy (birth to 18 months)

Basic Conflict Trust vs. Mistrust

Important Events Feeding

Outcome Children develop a sense of trust when caregivers provide reliabilty, care, and affection. A lack of this will lead to mistrust.

Early Childhood (2 to 3 years)

Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

Toilet Training Children need to develop a sense of personal control over physical skills and a sense of independence. Success leads to feelings of autonomy, failure results in feelings of shame and doubt. Exploration Children need to begin asserting control and power over the environment. Success in this stage leads to a sense of purpose. Children who try to exert too much power experience disapproval, resulting in a sense of guilt. Children need to cope with new social and academic demands. Success leads to a sense of competence, while failure results in feelings of inferiority. Teens need to develop a sense of self and personal identity. Success leads to an ability to stay true to yourself, while failure leads to role confusion and a weak sense of self. Young adults need to form intimate, loving relationships with other people. Success leads to strong relationships, while failure results in loneliness and isolation. Adults need to create or nurture things that will outlast them, often by having children or creating a positive change that benefits other people. Success leads to feelings of usefulness and accomplishment, while failure results in shallow involvement in the world. Older adults need to look back on life and feel a sense of fulfillment. Success at this stage leads to feelings of wisdom, while failure results in regret, bitterness, and despair.

Preschool (3 to Initiative vs. 5 years) Guilt

School Age (6 to 11 years)

Industry vs. Inferiority

School

Adolescence Identity vs. (12 to 18 years) Role Confusion

Social Relationships

Yound Adulthood (19 to 40 years)

Intimacy vs. Isolation

Relationships

Middle Adulthood (40 to 65 years)

Generativity Work and vs. Stagnation Parenthood

Maturity(65 to death)

Ego Integrity vs. Despair

Reflection on Life

Freudian equivalent Stage 1 0-1 Trust vs Mistrust At this stage babies learn to trust that their Oral parents will meet their basic needs. If a child's basic needs aren't properly met at this age, he or she might grow up with a general mistrust of the world. Stage 2 2-3 Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt Will As toddlers, children begin to develop Anal independence and start to learn that they can do some things on their own (such as going to the toilet). If a child is not encouraged properly at this age, he or she might develop shame and doubt about their abilities. Stage 3 4-6 Initiative vs Guilt Purpose As preschoolers, children continue to Phallic develop more independence and start to do things of their own initiative. If a child is not able to take initiative and succeed at appropriate tasks, he or she might develop guilt over their needs and desires. Stage 4 7-12 Industry vs Inferiority Competence Throughout their school years, children Latent continue to develop self-confidence through learning new things. If they are not encouraged and praised properly at this age, they may develop an inferiority complex. Stage 5 13-19 Identity vs Role Confusion Fidelity When they reach the teenage years, Genital children start to care about how they look to others. They start forming their own identity by experimenting with who they are. If a teenager is unable to properly develop an identity at this age, his or her role confusion will probably continue on into adulthood. Stage 6 20-34 Intimacy vs Isolation Love During early adulthood most people fall in love, get married and start building their own family. If a person is unable to develop intimacy with others at this age (whether through marriage or close friendships), they will probably develop feelings of isolation. Stage 7 35-65 Generativity vs Stagnation Care This is the longest period of a human's life. It is the stage in which people are usually working and contributing to society in some way and perhaps raising their children. If a person does not find proper ways to be productive during this period, they will probably develop feelings of stagnation. Stage 8 65+ Integrity vs Despair Wisdom As senior citizens, people tend to look back on their lives and think about what they have or have not accomplished. If a person has led a productive life, they will develop a feeling of integrity. If not, they might fall into desp

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