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Stages of Adolescence and Identity Development

This document discusses Erik Erikson's 8 stages of psychosocial development. It outlines the stages from infancy through late adulthood and describes the key conflict or crisis to be resolved in each stage. Resolving each crisis successfully leads to favorable outcomes like trust, autonomy, initiative, identity and integrity. Failing to resolve the crises can result in outcomes like mistrust, shame, guilt, role confusion, stagnation and despair. The document provides details on the influential figures and possible results from resolving or failing to resolve the conflicts at each stage of development from childhood through late adulthood.

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Stages of Adolescence and Identity Development

This document discusses Erik Erikson's 8 stages of psychosocial development. It outlines the stages from infancy through late adulthood and describes the key conflict or crisis to be resolved in each stage. Resolving each crisis successfully leads to favorable outcomes like trust, autonomy, initiative, identity and integrity. Failing to resolve the crises can result in outcomes like mistrust, shame, guilt, role confusion, stagnation and despair. The document provides details on the influential figures and possible results from resolving or failing to resolve the conflicts at each stage of development from childhood through late adulthood.

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ADOLESCENCE

The stage between childhood and adulthood.


AGES OF ADOLESCENCE

Early Adolescence Middle Adolescence Late Adolescence

10 - 13 14 - 16 17 - 20
ERIK ERIKSON’S 8 STAGES OF
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Conflict to be
Stage Influential Figure Possible Results from Resolving Conflict or Crisis
Resolved

Favorable Results Unfavorable Results


Infancy Parents Trust vs. Mistrust • Being able to trust others when primary • Mistrusting others, withdrawal or
caregiver(usually the mother) provide estrangement
(from birth to 18 months) caring, attention, and love

• Develops self- control and physical skills, •


Early Childhood Parents Autonomy vs. and sense of independence without losing •
Compulsive self-restraint or compliance
Willfulness and defiance
(18 months – 3 years) Shame and Doubt self- esteem • Failure will result in feelings of shame and
• Ability to cooperate and express oneself doubt
• Develops feeling of autonomy

• Learns that being assertive, using power, and • When using too much power of control,
Late Childhood Parents and Initiative vs. being purposeful can influence their might experience disapproval resulting in
(Pre-School) Teachers Guilt environment lack of guilt and self- confidence
(3-5 years) • Develops sense of purpose • Pessimism, fear of being wrongly judged
• Starts to evaluate one’s behavior

• Learns how to cope with the school •


School Age Parents and Industry vs. environment and its demands •
Loss of hope, sense of being mediocre
Develops feelings of inferiority
(6-12 years) Teachers Inferiority • Learns how to create, develop, and • Withdrawal from school and peers
manipulate
• Develops sense of competence and
perseverance
Crisis to be
Stage Influential Figure Possible Results from Resolving Crisis
Resolved
Favorable Results Unfavorable Results

Adolescence Teachers and Identity vs. Role • Develops a sense of self and identity
• Plans to actualize one’s abilities
• Feeling of confusion, indecisiveness,
and anti- social behavior
(12 - 20 years) Significant Others Confusion • Develops the ability to stay true to oneself • Weak sense of self

• Develops a strong need to form intimate, • Impersonal, weak relationships


Young Adulthood Friends Intimacy vs. loving relationships with a group of people • Avoidance of relationships, career, or
(20 - 25 years) Isolation or with another person lifestyle commitments
• Develops strong relationships • May result in isolation and loneliness
• Learns commitment to work and with
another person or group
• Creates or nurtures things that will outlast • Self- indulgence, self- concern, or lack
Adulthood Community Generativity vs. them, either by having children or creating or interests and commitments
(25 - 65 years) Stagnation a positive change that benefits others • Shallow involvement in the world,
• Creativity, productivity, feeling of pessimism
usefulness and accomplishment, and
concern for others
• Sense of fulfillment as one looks back in • Sense of loss, contempt for others
Maturity Community Integrity vs. one’s life and develops feeling of wisdom • May result in regret, bitterness and
(65 years – death) Despair • Acceptance of worth and uniqueness of despair
one’s own life
• Acceptance of the inevitability of death and
transitioning
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