Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development

•  Trust vs. Mistrust(birth to 18 months)-Children develops a sense of trust when caregiver provide reability, care and affection.

·         Autunomy vs. Shame and Doubt(2 to 3 early childhood)-Children need to develop a sense of personal control over physical skills and a sense of independence success leads to feelings of autonomy failure result in feeling of shame and doubt.

·         Initiative vs. Guilt (3-5 Pre-school)-Children needs to begin a certain control and a power over the environment.

·         Industry vs. Inferiority(6-11 schoolnage)-Children need to cope with new social and academic demands.

·         Identity vs. Role Confusion(12-18 adolescence)- teens need to develop a sense of self and personal identity.

·         Intimacy vs. Isolation (19-40 young adulthood)-young adults need to form intimate, loving relationships with other people.

·         Generativity vs. Stagnation (40-60 middle adulthood)-Adults need to create or nurture tings that will outlast them, open by having children or creating positive change the benefits of other people.

·         Ego Integrity vs. Despair (65-death maturity)-Old adults need to look back on life and feel the essence fulfillment.

REFLECTION:The ERIKSON'S THEORY OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT is all about the series of stages of development of  individual from birth, adulthood and to death. During each stage, the person experiences a psychosocial crisis which could have a positive or negative outcome for personality development.