Erik Erikson

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Erik Erikson

• Child Development
• Grade Level 10-12
• Graves County High School
• Cyndee Carman

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Erik Eriksons Theory of Personality Development

• Life is a series of 8 stages from birth to death
• Must meet challenge of each stage.
• How you meet challenge affects personality
  development.

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Stage 1 Trust and MistrustBirth to One Year

• Love, affection and stable environment result in
  security.
• Security allows babies to trust others.
• Mistreated, abused or neglected mistrust.

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Stage 2 Autonomy and DoubtAges One to Three

• Seek to control self and environment.
• Freedom to explore self confidence.
• No freedom feeling of worthlessness.

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Stage 3 Initiative and GuiltAges Three to Five

• Bundles of energy, full of initiative.
• Master peer relationships and language.
• Activities good play skills

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Stage 4 Industry and InferiorityAges Six to
Eleven

• Working hard , like sense of accomplishment.
• Learning work is worthwhile.
• Self discipline and talents.
• No work feeling of inferiority.

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Stage 5 Identity and Identity ConfusionAges
Twelve to Eighteen

• Build sense of identity/self.
• Who they are, what they want to do, what they
  believe in.
• No identity identity confusion

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Stage 6 Intimacy and IsolationAges Nineteen to
Thirty five

• Work to build intimacy and mutual caring.
• Marriage and children.
• No intimacy loneliness and isolation.

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Stage 7 Generativity and StagnationAges Thirty
five to Fifty

• Contributing something lasting to world.
• Raise children, activities, community service.
• Unable to contribute boredom, restlessness,
  feeling that life is useless.

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Stage 8 Integrity and DespairAges Fifty and Up

• Look back on life with contentment.
• Good perspective on life.
• No integrity despair.

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Summary

• No one moves through all 8 stages with only
  successes.
• Successes need to outnumber the failures.
• Can become stuck in a stage.
• Struggle to create a healthy personality is what
  makes life satisfying.