1. The document outlines Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development from infancy to late adulthood. It describes the key conflict, virtue, pathology, and important event of each stage.
2. In infancy, the conflict is trust vs. mistrust, with the virtue of hope. Babies must form trusting relationships with caregivers through feeding and comfort or they may withdraw.
3. In early childhood, the conflict is autonomy vs. shame and doubt, with the virtue of will. Children learn control of bodily functions but may feel shame if not handled well during toilet training and dressing.
1. The document outlines Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development from infancy to late adulthood. It describes the key conflict, virtue, pathology, and important event of each stage.
2. In infancy, the conflict is trust vs. mistrust, with the virtue of hope. Babies must form trusting relationships with caregivers through feeding and comfort or they may withdraw.
3. In early childhood, the conflict is autonomy vs. shame and doubt, with the virtue of will. Children learn control of bodily functions but may feel shame if not handled well during toilet training and dressing.
1. The document outlines Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development from infancy to late adulthood. It describes the key conflict, virtue, pathology, and important event of each stage.
2. In infancy, the conflict is trust vs. mistrust, with the virtue of hope. Babies must form trusting relationships with caregivers through feeding and comfort or they may withdraw.
3. In early childhood, the conflict is autonomy vs. shame and doubt, with the virtue of will. Children learn control of bodily functions but may feel shame if not handled well during toilet training and dressing.
1. The document outlines Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development from infancy to late adulthood. It describes the key conflict, virtue, pathology, and important event of each stage.
2. In infancy, the conflict is trust vs. mistrust, with the virtue of hope. Babies must form trusting relationships with caregivers through feeding and comfort or they may withdraw.
3. In early childhood, the conflict is autonomy vs. shame and doubt, with the virtue of will. Children learn control of bodily functions but may feel shame if not handled well during toilet training and dressing.
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Age Basic strength/ Core Important Outcome
conflict virtue Pathology event The infant must form a 1 Infancy Trust vs. Hope Withdrawal Feeding/ first loving, Trusting Mistrust comfort relationship with the caregiver, or develop a sense of mistrust. The child's energies are directed toward the Autonomy Toilet development of physical 2 Early vs. Shame Will Compulsion Training/ skills, including walking, Childhood and Doubt Dressing grasping, and rectal sphincter control. The child learns control but may develop shame and doubt if not handled well. 3 The child continues to become more assertive Preschool Initiative vs. Purpose Inhibition Exploration/ and to take more initiative, Guilt play but may be too forceful, leading to guilt feelings. 4 The child must deal with School Age Industry vs. Competence Inertia School/ demands to learn new Inferiority Activity skills or risk a sense of inferiority, failure and incompetence. 5 Identity vs. Social The teenager must achieve Adolescence Role Fidelity Repudiation Relationship/ a sense of identity in Confusion Identity occupation, sex roles, politics, and religion. 6 The young adult must Young Adult Intimacy vs. Love Exclusivity Intimate develop intimate Isolation relationship relationships or sufferfeelings of isolation. 7 Each adult must find some Middle Generativity Care Rejectivity Work and way to satisfy and support Adult vs. parenthood the next generation. Stagnation 8 Ego The culmination is a sense Maturity Integrity vs. Wisdom Distained Reflection on of oneself as one is and of Despair life feeling fulfilled.