Erikson's Developmental Stages

Developmental Psychology - Erikson's Developmental Stages

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Erikson's Developmental Stages

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VIII. Old Age								Ego Integrity vs. Despair
VII. Adulthood							Generativity vs. Stagnation
VI. Young Adulthood						Intimacy vs. Isolation
V. Adolescence					Identity vs. Identity Confusion
IV. School Age				Industry vs. Inferiority
III. Play Age			Initiative vs. Guilt
II. Early Childhood		Autonomy vs. Shame
I. Infancy	Trust vs. Mistrust

Virtues and Dangers

Stage

Age

Psychosexual

Psychosocial Crisis

Virtue

Danger

Infancy

to age 2

Oral/ Sensory

Trust vs. Mistrust

Hope

Withdrawal

Early

2-3

Muscular/ Anal

Autonomy vs. Shame

Will

Compulsion/

Play Age

3-5

Locomotor/

Initiative vs. Guilt

Purpose

inhibition

School Age

6-12

Latency

Industry vs. Inferiority

Competence

inertia

Adolescence

12-18

Puberty

Identity vs. Identity Confusion

Fidelity

role repudiation

Young

19-35

Intimacy vs. Isolation

Love

exclusivity

Adulthood

35-65

Generativity vs.Stagnation

Care

rejectivity

Old Age

after 65

Integrity vs. Despair

Wisdom

disdain

Erikson's Ritualization

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Ritualization related to Erikson's Eight Stages

from Erikson, E.H. (1966). Ontogeny of Ritualization in Man. In J. Huxley (Organizer), A Discussion of Ritualization of Behaviour in Animals and Man. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Series B. Biological Sciences. 251 (No. 772).

Stage	Issue Virtue	Societal Element	Ritual Element	Ritualism
Infancy	Trust Hope	Religion	Numinous	Idolism
Early Childhood	Autonomy Will	Law and Order	Judicious	Legalism
Play Age	Initiative Purpose	Economic Order	Dramatic	Impersonation
School Age	Industry Competence	Technological Order	Formal	Formalism
Adolescence	Identity Fidelity	Ideology	Ideological	Totalism
Young Adulthood	Intimacy Love	Patterns of Relationship	Affiliative	Elitism
Adulthood	Generativity Care	(various)	Generational	Authoritism
Old Age	Integrity Wisdom	Religious or Philosophic Tradition	Integral (philosophical)	Dogmatism

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Stage	Age	Psychosexual	Psychosocial Crisis	Virtue	Danger
Infancy	to age 2	Oral/ Sensory	Trust vs. Mistrust	Hope	Withdrawal
Early	2-3	Muscular/ Anal	Autonomy vs. Shame	Will	Compulsion/
Play Age	3-5	Locomotor/	Initiative vs. Guilt	Purpose	inhibition
School Age	6-12	Latency	Industry vs. Inferiority	Competence	inertia
Adolescence	12-18	Puberty	Identity vs. Identity Confusion	Fidelity	role repudiation
Young	19-35		Intimacy vs. Isolation	Love	exclusivity
Adulthood	35-65		Generativity vs.Stagnation	Care	rejectivity
Old Age	after 65		Integrity vs. Despair	Wisdom	disdain