| |
Ages |
Basic
Conflict |
Important
Event |
Summary |
| 1 |
Birth to 12 to 18 months |
Trust vs. Mistrust |
Feeding |
The infant must form a first loving,
trusting relationship with the caregiver, or develop a sense of
mistrust. |
| 2 |
18 months
to 3years |
Autonomy vs.
Shame/Doubt |
Toilet
training |
The child's energies are directed toward the
development of physical skills, including walking, grasping, and rectal
sphincter control. The child learns control but may develop shame and
doubt if not handled well. |
| 3 |
3 to 6 years |
Initiative vs.
Guilt |
Independence |
The child continues to become more assertive and to
take more initiative, but may be too forceful, leading to guilt
feelings. |
| 4 |
6 to 12 years |
Industry vs. Inferiority |
School |
The child must deal with demands to learn new skills or
risk a sense of inferiority, failure and incompetence. |
| 5 |
12 to 18 years |
Identity vs.
Role Confusion |
Peer relationships |
The teenager must achieve a sense of identity in
occupation, sex roles, politics, and religion. |
| 6 |
19 to 40 years |
Intimacy vs.
Isolation |
Love relationships |
The young adult must develop intimate relationships or
suffer feelings of isolation. |
| 7 |
40 to 65 years |
Generativity vs. Stagnation |
Parenting |
Each adult must find some way to satisfy and support
the next generation. |
| 8 |
65 to death |
Ego Integrity vs. Despair |
Reflection on and acceptance of one's life |
The culmination is a sense of oneself as one is and of
feeling fulfilled. |
