1. Development Stages

2. Erikson’s Stages of
Development

3. 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 • Learn some indep. Or have bad
& Self-doubt self-confidence
Preschool 3-5 Initiative v. guilt •Learn to do basic tasks &
carry out plans or you feel
guilty about desire for

4. Elementary 6- teen Competence v. •Learn to feel happy
School Inferiority about
achievements or
feel bad about
failures
Adolescence Teen- 20s Identity v. • Find multiple roles
Role confusion that makeup who you
are
Or become confused
about your identity
Young Adulthood 20s-40s Intimacy v. •Go thru difficulty to
Isolation
develop close
relationships or feel
isolated

5. Middle 40s-60s Generativity •Feel you’ve
Adulthood v. contributed to
Stagnation the world or a
lack of purpose
Late Adulthood 60s and on Integrity v. •Reflect on your life &
Despair feel content or
hopeless

6. James Marcia
Stages of Adolescent Development
– These makeup the identity crisis as identified
by Erickson
– You will not necessarily go through all of the
states

7. Foreclosure
Not exploring Bad: who you are is
alternate identities determined by others,
You are content with no exploration can
the identity you were lead to negative
taught as a child identities
Ex. troublemakers

9. Identity Diffusion
No clear identity and Bad: no commitment
not trying to find one to values or personal
goals

10. Moratorium
Try to find an identity Bad: if you don’t find
by experimenting one wou like OR you
enjoy experimenting
too & it leads to
diffusion

11. Identity Achievement
Gone through the GOOD!
identity crisis and
have your own idea of
goal, morals and
values.