2. 9 months
1 year
First Christmas
1 ½ years
Experiencing
the
world
through
senses
Sensorimotor
Walking to
someone
Trust
Stranger anxiety
Sensorimotor
3. 2 years
3 years
3 years
Exercising will and doing
something for yourself
Autonomy
Preoperational
Pretend play
4. Initiate tasks
and carry out
plans
4 years
6 years
4 years
Initiative
Preconventional
morality
Following
rules to get
a reward
5. 9 years
8 years
8 years
7 years
Concrete operational
Thinking logically
(practicing math
problems)
Competence
Learn the pleasure
of applying yourself
to tasks
6. 13 years
13 years
17 years
Identity
Teenagers
work to find a
single
identity
Postconventional morality
Morality based on personal values of right and
wrong (being a cautious driver/ coming home
before curfew)
Physical change
Mental change
7. 25 years
62 years
62 years
Intimacy
Starting to form
intimate relationships
(boyfriend of two years)
When reflecting you
have a sense of
satisfaction
Integrity/ Generativity
