Erik Erikson

Question 1

Toddler (1-3)

Answer 1

Autonomy versus shame and doubt

Question 2

Preschool child (3-6)

Answer 2

Initiative versus guilt

Question 3

Preadolescent (6-12)

Answer 3

Industry versus inferiority

Question 4

Adolescent (early teens)

Answer 4

Identity versus role confusion

Question 5

Young adult (late teens and early 20s)

Answer 5

Intimacy versus isolation

Question 6

Middle adult (late 20s to retirement)

Answer 6

Generativity versus stagnation

Question 7

Older adult (after retirement)

Answer 7

Ego integrity versus despair

Question 8

Authoritative parents

Answer 8

Set high standards and impose controls but they are also warm and responsive to the child’s communications (high rules high love)

Question 9

Authoritarian parents

Answer 9

Emotionally more distant from the child they set rules without explaining the reasons behind them (high rules low love)

Question 10

Permissive parents

Answer 10

Warm and loving but undemanding (low rules high love)

Question 11

Indifferent parents

Answer 11

Spend little time with their children and do little more than provide them with food and shelter (low rules low love)

Question 12

Infant

Answer 12

Basic trust versus mistrust