The powerpoint that will go along with our oral presentation on Erikson's Eight Stage of Psychosocial Development.

1. Erikson’s
Eight Stages
of
Psychosocial
DevelopmentPresented by Renee Illerbrun,
Heather Kleinsmith, Kevin
McMullen, and Ann Pallifrone

2. Stage One:
Trust vs. Mistrust

3. Trust
• Stability
• Consistency
• Building blocks that are necessary to
construct the trust for success in life
• Virtue of hope

4. Mistrust
• Failing to complete the stage of virtue
of hope
• Increased/heightened sense of fear
• Anxiety
• General feeling of mistrust in the world
around them

5. Stage Two:
Autonomy vs. Shame and
Doubt
“Erikson believes that children who experience too
much doubt at this stage will lack confidence in their
powers later in life” (Woolfolk, 1987).

6. Autonomy
• Ages of 1-3 years old
• Independence
• Self-confidence
• Positive or negative

7. Shame and Doubt
• Positive reassurance
• Over protective
• Feeling shameful
• Learn doubt
• Toilet training

8. Stage Three:
Initiative vs. Guilt
The child develops a fundamental understanding of morals
and values. They gain self-esteem and learn to cooperate with
their peers. This is affected by a sense of power and control of
their environment, which concludes to the positive outcome of
self-purpose and worth.

9. The Facts
Initiative vs. Guilt
• Begin to explore their own feelings about themselves while
dealing with society’s perceptions and expectations
• Suicide risk
• Anger directed towards themselves rather than others
• May also do things such as change their address, practitioner,
job/career, etc.
• Feeling “worn down” and search for ways to quickly escape
issues
• Impulsivity: a big characteristic
• Abandonment issues
• Feel stuck in the “victim” role

10. Strategies
Initiative vs. Guilt
1. Focus on attaining reasonable goals that build self
esteem
2. Expand support networks – suggest support groups
3. Vocational rehabilitation evaluations can be initiated
4. Involvement with others – helps to remove personalized
guilt
ex. “What did I do to deserve this?”
5. Peer to peer mentorship – helps transition to the next
stage
Recovering people will apply the newly acquired coping skills and
hopefully recover from their old ways of coping in order to pursue
empowerment, minimize disability, and change recurrent
episodes/residual symptoms.

11. Stage Four:
Industry vs. Inferiority
Goal represented in this stage of development reflects the
individual’s ability to rely on themselves. During this stage
the child will learn about friendship, self- evaluation and
teamwork. Provides a sense of ‘competence’ in terms of
educational achievement.

12. Recovery Process
Industry vs. Inferiority
• Energy stage
Activity vs. Isolation and Rehabilitation vs.
Static Disability
Addressed by seeking out greater levels of purposeful
work and meaningful leisure chases
• People who negotiate a mutually flexible,
combined relationship with their providers
will progress faster

13. Strategies
Industry vs. Inferiority
• Pursuit of interests and activity
• focus involves increase in the basic drive to be productive as
well as success with one’s recovery plan
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Practitioner needs to continue to nurture both
independence and production and assist the recovering
person in determining comfortable limits on activity
• should model problem solving skills and help come to
constructive solutions

14. Stage Five:
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Who am I? Who can I be?

15. The Facts
Identity vs. Role Confusion
• Ages 13-19 years old (adolescence)
• Concerned with appearances
• Sense of sexual identity
• Figuring out future roles in the adult world
• Risk of “identity crisis”

16. Stage Six:
Intimacy vs. Isolation

17. The Facts
Intimacy vs. Isolation
- Ages 18-40
- Newfound identity and meaningfulness
- Developing intimacy and willingness to
express feelings and share experiences

18. Possible Outcomes
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Failure to Establish Intimacy Results in:
1. Loneliness
2. Feeling or being uncared for
Success in Establishing Intimacy Results in:
1. Close intimate friendships
2. Feeling secure in relationships
What is the importance in understanding
this stage?

19. Stage Seven:
Generativity vs. Self-
Absorption (Stagnation)

20. The Facts
Generativity vs. Self-Absorption
- Ages 40-65
- Goes further into looking beyond and toward the future
- Establishing family and productivity in the community
- If they do not feel productive or that they have
accomplished their goals, they feel like they are losing the
meaning of life
- mid-life crisis
Why is this important to understand?

21. Stage Eight:
Ego Integrity vs. Despair
Is it okay to have been me?

22. The Facts
Ego Integrity vs. Despair
• Age 65 until death
• Retrospection (the final developmental task)
• Can occur out of sequence
Ex. Terminal disease diagnosis
Seeing Your Life as Productive and Successful:
- Contemplate accomplishments
- Develop integrity
Seeing Your Life as Unproductive or Unaccomplished:
- Dissatisfied with life
- Develop despair
- Leads to depression/hopelessness