Erikson's stages of psychosocial development describe 8 stages from infancy to late adulthood. Each stage involves a struggle between positive and negative attributes. The stages include trust vs mistrust in infancy, autonomy vs shame and doubt in toddlers, initiative vs guilt in preschoolers, industry vs inferiority in school-aged children, identity vs role confusion in adolescence, intimacy vs isolation in young adults, generativity vs stagnation in middle adulthood, and integrity vs despair in late adulthood. Adolescent development involves identity crisis stages including foreclosure, identity diffusion, moratorium, and identity achievement.

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.