Erikson's Psychosocial Theory

Question 1

What age undergoes Trust vs Mistrust?

Answer 1

0-12/18 months - Early infancy

Question 2

What age undergoes Autonomy vs shame/doubt?

Answer 2

18 months - 3 yrs - Late infancy

Question 3

What age undergoes Initiative vs Guilt

Answer 3

3 - 5 years

Question 4

What age undergoes industry vs inferiority

Answer 4

5 - 12 years

Question 5

What age undergoes Identity vs role confusion

Answer 5

12 - 18 years

Question 6

What age undergoes Generativity vs stagnation?

Answer 6

25 - 65 years

Question 7

What age undergoes Integrity vs despair?

Answer 7

65+ years

Question 9

Which stage has guilt?

Answer 9

Stage 3: Initiative vs Guilt

Question 10

What is Trust vs Mistrust?

Answer 10

Stage 1: Children develop a sense of trust when caregivers provide reliability, care, and affection. A lack of this will lead to mistrust.

Question 11

What is Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt?

Answer 11

Stage 2: Children who struggle and who are shamed for their accidents may be left without a sense of personal control. Success during this stage of psychosocial development leads to feelings of autonomy; failure results in feelings of shame and doubt.

Question 12

What is autonomy?

Answer 12

The ability to do things independently and the feelings of self control, self confidence, self reliance and competence.

Question 13

What is Initiative vs Guilt?

Answer 13

Stage 3: Children who are successful at this stage feel capable and able to lead others. Those who fail to acquire these skills are left with a sense of guilt, self-doubt, and lack of initiative.

Question 14

What is Industry vs Inferiority?

Answer 14

Stage 4: Desire to learn how things are made, how they work and what they do. Capable of logical reasoning, and of planning and playing by the rules. They have to deal with social and academic demands.

Question 15

What is Identity vs Role Confusion?

Answer 15

Stage 5: Identity - general picture individuals have of themselves
Confusion - a sense of not knowing who they are, where they belong, to whom they belong to or where they are headed in life

Question 16

What is Intimacy vs Isolation?

Answer 16

Stage 6: Intimacy - ability to share with and care about another person without fear of losing oneself in the proces
Isolation - sense of being alone without anyone to share one’s life with or care for.

Question 17

What is generativity vs stagnation?

Answer 17

Stage 7: Generativity - a person’s concerns with others beyond their immediate family with future generations and the nature of the society and world in which these generations will live.
Stagnation - refers to boredom, inactivity, too much concern with personal needs and comforts and a lack of personal growth

Question 18

What is Inntegrity vs Despair?

Answer 18

Stage 8: Integrity - a sense of satisfaction with one’s achievements in life and a belief that all that happened in the course of one’s life has been useful, valuable and meaningful.
Despair - Bitter feelings of hopelessness, involving lost opportunities, mistakes that were made and the sense that life has been meaningless and empty.