Erik H. Erikson's Eight Stages of Devlopment.

Erik H. Erikson believed that personality isn't just shaped during Childhood but throughout a person's life.

Stage 1 Infancy -The Challenge of Trust
Between birth and a year and a half infants face thier first challenges and begin to gain a sense that thier world is a safe place. Family plays a key part in this role.


Stage 2 Toddlerhood - The Challenge of Autonomy
From 2 to 3 Todlers learn skills to cope with the world in a confident way. The child will begin learning the difference between right an wrong. The child could also begin to try to asert it will. (such as telling the Parents NO!)

Stage 3 Preschool - The Challenge of Initiative
Between ages 4 and 5 learn to engage thier surrondings. They will begin to copy the adults around them. It also when they start asking WHY?

Stage 4 Preadolescence - The Challenge of Industriousness.
Between ages six and thirteen. Children enter school, make freinds, and strike out on thier own more. Parents no longer seem the complete authorities they once were.

Stage 5 Adolescence - The Challlenge of Gaining Identity
Teen Years, Almost all teens experience some confusion as they struggle to establish thier identity. Teen starts to identify with others but also begin to devlop thier own identities.

Stage 6 Young Adulthood- The Challenge of Intimacy
From 18 to 35 the challenge for young adults is to for and keep intimate relationships with others as well as balancing the need to bond with the need to have a seperate identity.

Stage 7 Middle Adulthood- The Challenge of Making a Difference
Middle Age, The challenge of middle age is to contribute to the lives of others in the family, at work or in the world at large. Failure could result in becoming self centered.

Stage 8 Old Age - The Challenge of Integrity.
At around 65 people will begin to reflect more on death, and look back on past acomplishments with a sense of integrity and satisfaction. Self asobrbed personalities could suffer from dispair over missed oppurtunities.