Identity vs. Role Confusion
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Ego Integrity vs. Despair
Trust vs. Mistrust
Generativity vs. Stagnation
Autonomy vs. Shame
Initiative vs. Guilt
Industry vs. Inferiority
Infancy
School Age
Young Adulthood
Middle Adulthood
Preschool
Late Adulthood
Adolescence
Early Childhood
Industry
Initiative
Autonomy
Generativity
Integrity
Intimacy
Trust
Identity
Guilt
Despair
Mistrust
Inferiority
Stagnation
Role Confusion
Shame
Isolation
Initiative vs. Guilt
Integrity vs. Despair
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Industry vs. Inferiority
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Generativity vs. Stagnation
Trust vs. Mistrust
Young adults form intimate relationships or feel isolated and alone.
Elderly adults feel a sense of fulfillment and acceptance of their life or experience despair and regret.
Preschoolers learn to initiate tasks and carry out plans or feel guilty about their efforts to be independent.
Middle-aged adults contribute to society and feel a sense of purpose or become stagnant and unproductive.
Children develop a sense of competence and industry or feel inferior and inadequate.
Infants learn to trust or mistrust their caregivers.
Toddlers develop a sense of independence or feel shame and doubt about their abilities.
Adolescents develop a sense of identity or become confused about who they are.