Erikson Development Timeline by

Stage 1: Trust Versus Mistrust

agreene88_1 — 2024-04-28 19:53:00 UTC

This is the stage where the baby decides if the provider (usually parents) will provide the basic needs. This allows them to see if they are safe outside the womb.

Stage 2: Autonomy versus shame and doubt

agreene88_1 — 2024-04-28 20:07:21 UTC

This is the stage where we are focusing on becoming independent. The babies are learning how to explore and find interest in their own things.

Stage 3: Initiative versus Guilt

agreene88_1 — 2024-04-28 20:11:09 UTC

This is the stage where the children are trying new things that might get them in trouble or pain. They are experimenting what they can do with their abilities with curiosity. They don't feel guilty for trying to be a kid.

Stage 4: Industry versus inferiority

agreene88_1 — 2024-04-28 20:20:04 UTC

In this stage we are discovering our culture. What we are supposed to be like according to the beliefs and figures around us. When the children feel as if we are failing our culture the children may feel incompetent.

Stage 5: Identity versus identity confusion

agreene88_1 — 2024-04-28 20:22:34 UTC

This is the stage we all dread. When you experience identity confusion it i shard to discover who you want to be. You have influences all around you, negative and positive. During this time you also discover exactly who you don't want to be.

Stage 6: Intimacy versus Isolation

agreene88_1 — 2024-04-28 20:27:49 UTC

This is the stage where you are discovering intimacy or isolation. It is hard to find a mix between social and alone time. Sometimes one over powers the other. You can form committed relationships. Some people are either mostly toward isolation or intimacy.

Stage 7: Generativity versus stagnation

agreene88_1 — 2024-04-28 20:30:41 UTC

In this stage, you have been through most of the steps. You are on your own way to adulting and these children who have grown are about to start thinking about producing the next generation. Can they create a safe environment and raise a kid to the best of their ability?

Stage 8: Integrity versus Despair

agreene88_1 — 2024-04-28 20:32:41 UTC

The children we were talking about in stage 1 have successfully made it to stage 8. They are becoming older. Their life is getting closer to the end. It is time to accept your life or dwell on it. Do you regret how you have lived your life, and who are you blaming it on?