Development StagesDevelopment Stages

Erikson’s Stages of Erikson’s Stages of DevelopmentDevelopment

Stage Age Title Explanation

Infant 0-1 Trust v. Mistrust •Help required to meet basic needs& develop trust in others

Toddler 1-2 Autonomy v. Shame & Self-doubt

• Learn some indep. Or have bad self-confidence

Preschool 3-5 Initiative v. guilt •Learn to do basic tasks & carry out plans or you feel guilty about desire for indep.

Elementary School

6- teen Competence v. Inferiority

•Learn to feel happy about achievements or feel bad about failures

Adolescence Teen- 20s Identity v.Role confusion

• Find multiple roles that makeup who you areOr become confused about your identity

Young Adulthood 20s-40s Intimacy v.Isolation

•Go thru difficulty to develop close relationships or feel isolated

Middle Adulthood

40s-60s Generativity v. Stagnation

•Feel you’ve contributed to the world or a lack of purpose

Late Adulthood 60s and on Integrity v.Despair

•Reflect on your life & feel content or hopeless

James MarciaJames Marcia

Stages of Adolescent DevelopmentStages of Adolescent Development– These makeup the identity crisis as These makeup the identity crisis as

identified by Ericksonidentified by Erickson– You will not necessarily go through all of the You will not necessarily go through all of the

statesstates

ForeclosureForeclosure

Not exploring Not exploring alternate identities alternate identities

You are content with You are content with the identity you were the identity you were taught as a childtaught as a child

Bad: who you are is Bad: who you are is determined by others, determined by others, no exploration can no exploration can lead to negative lead to negative identities identities

Ex. troublemakersEx. troublemakers

Identity DiffusionIdentity Diffusion

No clear identity and No clear identity and not trying to find onenot trying to find one

Bad: no commitment Bad: no commitment to values or personal to values or personal goalsgoals

Moratorium Moratorium

Try to find an identity Try to find an identity by experimentingby experimenting

Bad: if you don’t find Bad: if you don’t find one wou like OR you one wou like OR you enjoy experimenting enjoy experimenting too & it leads to too & it leads to diffusiondiffusion

Identity Achievement Identity Achievement

Gone through the Gone through the identity crisis and identity crisis and have your own idea of have your own idea of goal, morals and goal, morals and values.values.

GOOD!GOOD!