1. Eight Stages of Emotional Development
Erik Erikson

3. Stage 1: Infancy (to 1 year)
Trust VS. Mistrust
If needs are met, infants develop basic trust
To much parenting:
Sensory maladjustment: Child develops an over trusting behavior
EX: Gullible and do no harm mentality
To little parenting:
Withdrawal: Child develops antitrust behavior
EX: Paranoia, depression, and psychosis

4. Stage 2: Toddlerhood (1-2 years)
Autonomy VS. Shame and Doubt
Allowed to explore
Child can develop a sense of independence
Shame and Doubt
Created through
Unrestricted freedom
Help children to much
Stage requires a balance of parenting

5. Stage 3: Preschooler (3-5 years)
Initiative VS. Guilt
Learn innate tasks and carry out plans or they can feel guilty about their efforts
Ex: cell phone down the toilet
A good balance of both can create purpose
To much Initiative = Ruthlessness (I don’t care!)
To much Guilt = inhibition (Whatever!)

6. Stage 4: Elementary School (6-Puberty)
Competence VS. Inferiority
Children learn the pleasure of allying themselves or they begin to feel inferior
To much confidence = Narrow Virtuosity
Child Stars: narrow focus leads to an empty existence
To much inferiority = Inferiority Complex
Give up if its too hard

7. Stage 5: Adolescence (teens-20’s)
Identity VS. Role
Who am I What is my role in the world?
The basis for thinking about all other stages
To Mush Ego= Black and white thinking
Lack of Identity= Repudiation
Prone to cults and other organizations (looking for an identity)

8. Stage 6: Young Adulthood (20-40 years)
Intimacy VS. Isolation
Gain the capacity for intimate love or Isolation
To much Intimacy = Promiscuity
Fast to love with out depth
To much Isolation = exclusion
Can develop hate for relationships and community
Balance = Love

9. Stage 7: Middle Adulthood (40-60 years)
Generativity VS. Stagnation
Contribute to the world or a feeling a lack of purpose.
To Much Generativity = Overextension
To much Stagnation = Rejectivity
The stage of the midlife crisis

10. Stage 8: Late Adulthood (60s and up)
Integrity VS. Despair
A sense of satisfaction or despair
To much Integrity = Presumption
To much Despair = distain for life
A stage of deep inward contemplation
A balance = Wisdom

11. Class Discussion: Your Develop up to now
1.What are the significant relationships in each of the first five stages of a person's life? How do changes in these relationships reflect social and psychological changes in a person's life?
2.Describe an identity crisis you have struggled with in your own life. As you define your own identity, what are the different roles you must integrate?