Erickson's Psychosocial Stages of Development.....

Erikson talks about our major developmental conflicts that must be resolved before moving on with our lives.....

ERICKSON Stages

Stage	Ages	Basic Conflict	Important Event	Summary
1. Oral-Sensory	Birth to 12 to 18 months	Trust vs. Mistrust	Feeding	The infant must form a first loving, trustingrelationship with the caregiver, or develop a sense of mistrust.
2.Muscular-Anal	18 months to 3years	Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt	Toilet training	Thechild's energies are directed toward the development of physical skills,including walking, grasping, and rectal sphincter control. The child learnscontrol but may develop shame and doubt if not handled well.

3. Locomotor	3 to 6 years	Initiativevs. Guilt	Independence	The child continues to become more assertive and to take moreinitiative, but may be too forceful, leading to guilt feelings.
4. Latency	6 to 12 years	Industryvs. Inferiority	School	Thechild must deal with demands to learn new skills or risk a sense of inferiority,failure and incompetence.

5. Adolescence	12 to 18 years	Identityvs. Role Confusion	Peer relationships	The teenager must achieve a sense of identity in occupation, sexroles, politics, and religion.
6. Young Adulthood	19 to 40 years	Intimacyvs. Isolation	Love relationships	The young adult must develop intimate relationships or sufferfeelings of isolation