What is Erikson's theory of Psycho-social development?
Erik H. Erikson, a German- American psychologist who gave important theory of development by taking the concept given by Sigmund Freud. Erikson worked on the Ego part and gave 8 stages of psychosocial development.
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| Sr. No. | Stage | Crisis | Virtue | Description |
| 1 | Infancy | Trust v/s Mistrust | Hope | Children develop a sense of trust e.g when feeded and mistrust e.g when abandoned |
| 2 | Early Childhood | Autonomy v/s Shame and Doubt | Will | Toilet training is important at this stage |
| 3 | Play age / Pre School Year | Initiative v/s Guilt | Purpose | learn to take initiative or let guilt be on them |
| 4 | School Age | Industry v/s Inferiority | Competence | Children learn the pleasure of applying themselves to task, or they feel inferior |
| 5 | Adolescence | Identity v/s Role Confusion | Fidelity | Teenagers work at refining a sense of self by testing roles and then form an identity. |
| 6 | Early Adulthood | Intimacy v/s Isolation | Love | Young adults struggle to form close relationships. If successful, intimacy forms otherwise isolation overpowers. |
| 7 | Middle Adulthood | Generativity v/s Stagnation | Care | If they are working of their family and are at productive stage the generativity occurs others wise stagnation cames. |
| 8 | Late Adulthood | Ego Integrity v/s Despair | Wisdom | If they feel like they have contributed to the world then Ego integrity come otherwise they fell prey to despair |
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