{"id":17278,"date":"2024-10-06T14:57:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T14:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/?p=17278"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:52:30","slug":"psychosocial-stages-of-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/psychosocial-stages-of-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychosocial Stages of Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17280 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Au-Erikson-Stages-of-Dev.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1066\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Au-Erikson-Stages-of-Dev.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Au-Erikson-Stages-of-Dev-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Au-Erikson-Stages-of-Dev-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Au-Erikson-Stages-of-Dev-768x555.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"Table_11_03_01\" class=\"mt-responsive-table\" summary=\"A table outlines Erikson\u2019s Psychosocial Stages of Development. It contains four columns which are labeled \u201cStage; Age (years); Developmental Task; and Description.\u201d Each of the following eight rows corresponds to Erikson\u2019s eight psychosocial stages of development. From left to right, the first row reads: \u201c1; 0\u20131; trust vs. mistrust; and trust (or mistrust) that basic needs, such as nourishment and affection, will be met.\u201d The second row reads: \u201c2; 1\u20133; autonomy vs. shame\/doubt; and sense of independence in many tasks develops.\u201d The third row reads: \u201c3; 3\u20136; initiative vs. guilt; and take initiative on some activities, may develop guilt when success not met or boundaries overstepped.\u201d The fourth row reads: \u201c4; 7\u201311; industry vs. inferiority; and develop self-confidence in abilities when competent or sense of inferiority when not.\u201d The fifth row reads: \u201c5; 12\u201318; identity vs. confusion; and experiment with and develop identity and roles.\u201d The sixth row reads: \u201c6; 19\u201329; intimacy vs. isolation; and establish intimacy and relationships with others.\u201d The seventh row reads: \u201c7; 30\u201364; generativity vs. stagnation; and contribute to society and be part of a family.\u201d The eighth row reads: \u201c8; 65\u2013; integrity vs. despair; and assess and make sense of life and meaning of contributions.\u201d\">\n<caption><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Erikson\u2019s Psychosocial Stages of Development<\/em><\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Stage<\/th>\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Approximate Age (years)<\/th>\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Virtue: Developmental Task<\/th>\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">0\u20131<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\"><b>Hope: Trust vs. Mistrust\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">Trust (or mistrust) that basic needs, such as nourishment and affection, will be met<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">1\u20133<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\"><b>Will: Autonomy vs. Shame\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">Sense of independence in many tasks develops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">3\u20136<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\"><b>Purpose: Initiative vs. Guilt\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">Take initiative on some activities, may develop guilt when success not met or boundaries overstepped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">7\u201311<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\"><b>Competence: Industry vs. Inferiority\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">Develop self-confidence in abilities when competent or sense of inferiority when not<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">12\u201318<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\"><b>Fidelity: Identity vs. Role Confusion\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">Experiment with and develop identity and roles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">19\u201339<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\"><b>Love: Intimacy vs. Isolation\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">Establish intimacy and relationships with others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">40\u201364<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\"><b>Care: Generativity vs. Stagnation<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">Contribute to society and be part of a family<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">65+<\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\"><b>Wisdom: Integrity vs. Despair\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"mt-align-center\">Assess and make sense of life and meaning of contributions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Erikson\u2019s Psychosocial Stages of Development Stage Approximate Age (years) Virtue: Developmental Task Description 1 0\u20131 Hope: Trust vs. Mistrust\u00a0 Trust (or mistrust) that basic needs, such as nourishment and affection, will be met 2 1\u20133 Will: Autonomy vs. Shame\u00a0 Sense of independence in many tasks develops 3 3\u20136 Purpose: Initiative vs. Guilt\u00a0 Take initiative on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17281,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17278\/revisions\/17281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}