Lifespan Development in FACS by

rachealg — 2025-08-27 01:39:18 UTC

Here is a video of Eriksons 8 stages of developments, the youtuber that made this post drew out pictures for each stage making it easy to understand!

rachealg — 2025-08-27 01:42:22 UTC

Infancy is the first psychosocial stage in life! The basic conflict in this stage is Trust vs. Mistrust. This means that trust and/or mistrust that basic needs, such as nourishment and affection, will be met between the ages of 0 and 1.

rachealg — 2025-08-27 01:44:45 UTC

Early childhood occurs between the ages of 1 and 3, and the basic conflict in this stage is Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt. Children in this stage develop a sense of independence in many tasks.

rachealg — 2025-08-27 01:47:21 UTC

3-6 year olds are considered to be in the Play Age. In this stage, children will take initiative in activities as well as develop guilt when they fail at a task or overstep boundaries. The basic conflict for the play age is initiative vs. guilt.

rachealg — 2025-08-27 01:50:23 UTC

Industry vs Inferiority is the basic conflict in the school age stage. What this means is that self-confidence will be developed in abilities when competent or sense of inferiority when incompetent. The age range for school age children is 7 years old to 11 years old.

rachealg — 2025-08-27 01:52:40 UTC

Adolescence is the widest age range so far, ranging from 12 to 18 years of age. In this stage, humans begin to develop their identity and their roles in their lives. Identity vs Confusion is the basic conflict during this stage.

rachealg — 2025-08-27 01:55:12 UTC

Early adulthood is probably the stage that most students in this class are currently in, ranging from 18-29 years old. Intimacy vs Isolation occurs in this stage as humans will begin to really transition into adulthood and form new connections. New relationships and intimacy will be established in this time.

rachealg — 2025-08-27 01:58:24 UTC

Middle Age describes adults between 30 and 65 years old, which is the longest time you'll spend in a psychosocial stage if you die before you are 99 years old. In this life stage, people tend to contribute to society and be a part of their family. They contribute to society through working, reproducing, and more. Generativity vs Stagnation is the basic conflict.

rachealg — 2025-08-27 02:02:52 UTC

Old age is the final psychosocial stage that begins at 65 and ends at death. Integrity vs despair occurs in this stage. During this time, people look back on their lives and make sense of their life's meaning and their contributions during their time.

What would you pick?

rachealg — 2025-08-27 02:05:40 UTC

If you could choose to time travel forward or backward in time to any of these stages, which one would you pick and why? If you would choose to stay in the current stage that you are in, elaborate on why!