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In Erikson Pysological Development Stage One is about trust versus mistrust. It starts from birth to 18 months. One of the most crucial stages in development, its where you start to gain trust. Depends upon the caregivers around you, if you feel safe and if they give you affection. For me gaining trust was really hard for me to do, for other people than my dad. When I was young he was the only one I would talk to, most people thought I was really shy. But the second I was with my dad I would be running around and talking alot being way more outgoing than with others. I later gained trust with people and was able to hold conversations,that wasnt till after kindergarten. " The critical element in developing trust is sensitive, responsive, consistent caregiving." (Martorell, 2023, p. 54).

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Stage 2 Autonomy vs Shame and Guilt, this starts in early childhood about 2 to 3 years old. When you learn about yourself control and your independence. Its a great time for kids to gain independence and learn their limits with help from their parents and loved ones. Like making food choices and potty training. "Having come through infancy with a sense of basic trust in the world and an awakening self-awareness, toddlers begin to substitute their own judgment for their caregivers’. The strength that emerges during this stage is will." (Martorell, 2023, p. 154). If children complete this stage they are more likely to not deal with shame and doubt as much as other children that dont gain as much self sufficiency. As a child I had friends whose parents werent around as much, it definetly took a toll on them and how they developed. They were either to independent and wouldnt listen to adults or they didnt have their own voice and struggled to be themselves. They both dealt with a lot of shame and gulit that wasnt neccesary.

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Stage Three of Erikson pysological development initiative vs guilt. Starts from ages 3 to 5 years old. Children start to gain control of themselves and want to initiate control with their peer by directing play. Their a fine line between having to much power and to little power. If you have to much power you can be to controling, and that can cause guilt as well as an ego. If you have to little power or say, it can let people walk over you and put ideas in your head sa well as cause guilt. I was one of the kids that didnt have much of a self identity so it lead to people walking all over me and just listening to what my peers wanted. It caused guilt later in life feeling like I dont know who I am as well as my friends didn't feel like my friends and were using me. "Guilt, shame, and pride are known as the social emotions because they help regulate social interactions and are involved with moral development. If you feel ashamed after getting caught doing something others think is bad, that might keep you from doing it again." (Martorell, 2023, p. 210).

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Stage Four of pysological development by Erikcson is industry ( competence ) vs inferiority. This stage starts from 5 to 11 years old. This stage goes only as well as what the parents put into it. They have to let the child know that they recognize how amazing they are doing at their new skills. It gives pride to the children with praising their accomplishments. As well as successfully finding a balance at this stage of psychosocial development leads to the strength known as competence. An ability to complete something successfully. "“At school I’m really good at some things. I really like math and science, and I get the best scores on tests of all the other kids,” says 8-year-old Emily. “I got A’s in them on my last report card and was really proud of myself." (Martorell, 2023, p. 93). This shows her pride in herself to acomplish things on her own. In my own life I can relate to being proud of myself whenever my dad would tell me how good I am at art, that really helped me to want to spend more time on it and get better.

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Between the ages of 12 to 18, Teenagers go through stage 5 identity vs role confusion. This stage is what influence the rest of your life. It makes up the friends you have and how you interact socially with others. Its a time when ou make up all the beliefs, ideals, and standard you will have. We really get to know ourselves in this phase, we find what our abilities are and what we can aacomplish. In my life High School was very much a time of finding myself. What kind of friend groups I want and what kind of people I want in my life. Like anyone finding the right group of friends is hard, I struggled to find people who had the same interests as me. "Erikson saw the prime danger of this stage as identity confusion. Cliquishness and intolerance of differences, both hallmarks of adolescence, are defenses against identity confusion." (Martorell, 2023, p. 109). Like Erikson talks about it caused confusion to me when I felt like I wouldnt make friends. But I did, it just took time.

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Intamacy vs Isolation during this stage people are 19 to 40. This is a time in life when you are exploring your relationships. What kind of people you want to have in your life. It can cause loneliness if you arent finding people that are worth your time. But it is better to be by yourself than to have people that arent good for you or dont have your best interst at heart. On the positive side if you go through this stage well, you can find love. By making lasting and meaningful relationships. " a man is not capable of real intimacy until after he has achieved a stable identity, whereas women define themselves through marriage and motherhood." (Martorell, 2023, p. 109). I find this quote interesting since women supposidly dont find identity until marriage and/ or motherhood, It depends on the womens interests and if they want a family. But with that said, I have friends that dont have any intention to be married or have kids. They are more interested in their career and making money. I do wonder how they can feel fulfilled at least through intimacy, if they dont have a partner to care for and feel love from them.

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Stage 7 Generativity vs stagnation, from ages 40 to 65. It is a delicate stage where you can still and be proud of your accomplishments, or you can feel like you havent done enough. At the same time, your life isnt over and you want to still feel accomplished so you can join new groups and find things to do that you never had the chance to try. Most people try to focus on their family or contribute to society. My father is in this stage in his life, he is proud of his accomplishments but is always in the mind set that he wants to do more, help more people. Give back since he has been so fortunate in life to have what he's needed. "Mature adult is concerned with establishing and guiding the next generation or else feels personal impoverishment." (Martorell, 2023, p. 14).

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From ages 65 to death the stage ego integrity vs despair. In my mind is similar to the stage before. Like when you are growing older and you start to look back on life and want to change things that you dont want to be remebered for. A time to accomplish things you've been to scared to do. The downside if you dont feel accomplished or happy with what you have done in your life you will feel despair. My granparents are in this phase in life where they are trying to make up for things they did in the past. They dont want to be remebered for the negative things. They are trying to create positive moments now so thier friends and family can look back and think of them and be happy. "Elderly person achieves acceptance of own life, allowing acceptance of death, or else despairs over inability to relive life." (Martorell, 2023, p. 14). Sadly its also a time to accept death and think about what is after death. Or even just where you want to be after you die.