Stage
|
Ages
|
Basic
Conflict |
Important
Event |
Summary
|
Birth to 12 to 18 months | Trust vs. Mistrust | Feeding | The infant must form a first loving, trustingrelationship with the caregiver, or develop a sense of mistrust. | |
18
months to 3years |
Autonomy
vs. Shame/Doubt |
Toilet
training |
Thechild's energies are directed toward the development of physical skills,including walking, grasping, and rectal sphincter control. The child learnscontrol but may develop shame and doubt if not handled well. | |
3 to 6 years | Initiativevs. Guilt |
Independence | The child continues to become more assertive and to take moreinitiative, but may be too forceful, leading to guilt feelings. | |
6 to 12 years | Industryvs. Inferiority | School | Thechild must deal with demands to learn new skills or risk a sense of inferiority,failure and incompetence. | |
12
to 18 years
|
Identityvs.
Role Confusion |
Peer relationships | The teenager must achieve a sense of identity in occupation, sexroles, politics, and religion. | |
19
to 40 years
|
Intimacyvs. Isolation |
Love relationships | The young adult must develop intimate relationships or sufferfeelings of isolation. | |
40
to 65 years
|
Generativityvs. Stagnation | Parenting | Eachadult must find some way to satisfy and support the next generation. | |
65 to death | EgoIntegrity vs. Despair | Reflection on andacceptance of one's life | The culmination is a sense ofoneself as one is and of feeling fulfilled. |