PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
THEORY
OF
ERIK ERIKSON
ERIK ERIKSON
He was an ego
psychologist who
developed one of
the most popular
and influential
theories of
development.
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
THEORY OF ERIK ERIKSON
This is an eight-stage theory that
describes the changes one goes through
in a lifetime. The main focus of Erikson's
theory is the conflicts or crises one
experiences through social interaction.
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
THEORY OF ERIK ERIKSON
Starting from birth, each person is faced
with a conflict that needs to be resolved
since it has an impact on the function of
the succeeding stages. If one successfully
overcomes the crisis of each stage, a
psychological virtue emerges.
I Infant
T Toddler
Pre Pre-schooler
S School-age
A Adolescence
Y Young Adult
M Middle-age Adult
O Older Adulthood
INFANT (0-18 MOS)
Trust vs. Mistrust
Hope
Infant depends on the primary care
giver and is completely align to the
world around self.
They called for help.
TODDLER (2-3 YRS)
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Will Power
Orally functioned sand small motor skills
like walking, talking, using a toddler legs,
dressing up one self increasingly they would
actually want to do this thing without older
help but cannot alone the time.
PRE-SCHOOLER (3-6 YRS)
Initiative vs. Guilt
Purpose
•The primary feature the child interacting
with other children, parent, neighborhood,
social so it’s a miss interaction stage.
•Children develop their impersonal skills by
planning up activities making up games, and
initiating activities with others.
GRADE/ SCHOOL-AGE (6-12)
Industry vs. Inferiority
Competency
•Children in this stage here to read and write
some mathematics and do things in their
own.
•Teachers play an important role in this
stage in the child life and they teach them
specific skills.
ADOLESCENCE/ TEENAGER (12-18)
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Fidelity
•Adolescence search for self of identity for
the exploration of and integration of
personal values ( belief and goals)
•Then they asked what is our role in society.
YOUNG ADULT (18-25 YRS)
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Love
During this period some people explore
relationships that leading towards long term
commitments sometimes these relationship
are someone other than a family member
some opposite sex some same sex.
MIDDLE-AGE ADULT (25-65)
Generativity vs. Stagnation
Care
Experience is need to create nurture things
tht don’t think about present anymore they
think about future generation they create
positive change that benefit other people.
OLDER ADULT (65 UP)
Integrity vs Despair
Wisdom
•Final stage
•Time to span their achievements
•Peoples look back to achievements failure
and decision and their impacts of this
decision.
OLDER ADULT (65 UP)
Integrity vs Despair
Wisdom
•The outcome basically depends on how we
individual actually decide to perceive our journey
in life.
•Individual that feels life of unproductiveness
leads to despair an unsatisfied life and what ever
it might be that actually some feelings of guilt.
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