1. The Theory of Development and the Ego By Erik Erikson

3. Eight stages of human development.

6. experienced in the first year

7. a sense of trust requires a feeling of physical comfort and a minimal amount of fear and apprehension about the future.

8. Trust in infancy sets the stage of a lifelong expectation that the world will be a good and pleasant place to live. © GETTY IMAGES

9. Trust vs. Mistrust cont. © Rick Gomez/CORBIS © H. Armstrong/GETTY IMAGES

11. occurs in late infancy and toddlerhood (1 to 3 years)

12. infants begin to discover that their behavior is their own.

13. start to assert their sense of independences, or autonomy.

14. realizing their will.

17. Preschool years

18. As preschool children encounter a widening social world, they are challenged more than they were infants.

19. Children are asked to assume responsibility for their bodies, behaviors, toys, and pets.

20. Developing a sense of responsibility increases initiative.

21. Uncomfortable guilt feelings may arise if the child is irresponsible

24. Occurs approximately in the elementary years

25. Children’s initiative brings them in contact with a wealth of new experiences.

26. As they move into middle and late childhood, they direct their energy toward mastering knowledge and intellectual skills.

27. Children then become more enthusiastic about learning than at the end of early childhood’s period of expansive imagination.

32. Individuals experience during the early adulthood years

33. Face the developmental task of forming intimate relationship with others

34. Erikson describes intimacy as finding oneself yet losing oneself in another

36. Generativity vs. Stagnation Erikson’s seventh developmental stage Individuals experience during middle adulthood A chief concern is to assist the younger generation in developing and leading useful lives – this is what Erikson means by generativity. The feeling of done nothing to the next generation is stagnation.

37. Generativity vs. Stagnation cont. © Annie Lennox / HIV FOUNDATION © GETTY IMAGES

39. Individuals experience in late adulthood

40. During this stage, a person reflects on the past and either pieces together a positive review or concludes that life has not been spent well.

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