Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
The stages
Columns: Approximate Age | Virtues | Psycho Social Crisis | Significant Relationship | Existential Question [ not in citation given ] | Examples
0–2 years | Hopes | Basic Trust vs. Mistrust | Mother | Can I Trust the World? | Feeding, Abandonment | 2–4 years | Will | Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt | Parents | Is It Okay To Be Me? | Toilet Training, Clothing Themselves | 4–5 years | Purpose | Initiative vs. Guilt | Family | Is It Okay For Me To Do, Move and Act? | Exploring, Using Tools or Making Art | 5–12 years | Competence | Industry vs. Inferiority | Neighbors, School | Can I Make It In The World Of People And Things? | School, Sports | 13–19 years | Fidelity | Identity vs. Role Confusion | Peers, Role Model | Who Am I? What Can I Be? | Social Relationships | 20–39 years | Love | Intimacy vs. Isolation | Friends, Partners | Can I Love? | Romantic Relationships | 40–64 years | Care | Generativity vs. Stagnation | Household, Workmates | Can I Make My Life Count? | Work, Parenthood | 65-death | Wisdom | Ego Integrity vs. Despair | Mankind, My Kind | Is It Okay To Have Been Me? | Reflection on Life