Step One: Trust vs. Mistrust (birth-1)
-A child is born into this stage
-The child must build trust for the outside world in the stage
-It is important for the infant to experience warmth,love and care in order to learn to trust the people around them.
Step Two: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (1-2)
-Sense of being independent
-Worthy of being their own person
Step Three: Initiative vs. Guilt (3-5)
-Preschool years
-Feel initiative to take care of self ex) wants to brush their own teeth or put away toys.
Step Four: Industry vs. Inferiority (6-puberty)
-Want to do work and put themselves out in the world
-Elementary school stage
Step Five: Identity vs. Identity confusion (adolescence 10-20)
-Who am I?
-Trying different things to figure out who they are.
-Figuring out who or what they want to become
Step Six: Intimacy vs. Isolation (Adulthood 20's and 30's)
-Finding significant other
-Getting married
-Looking for a partner who is going to meet the needs of love and intimacy
Step Seven: Generatively vs. Self absorption ( Middle Adulthood 40's and 50's)
-More then meeting personal needs
-The need to leave some sort of contribution to the world
Step Eight: Integrity vs. Despair (60-)
-Can Look back on life and be happy/ proud of it.
-No regrets
Looking at these steps, I believe that I am in-between step five and six. I believe this because I know what I want to do with my life, and who i want to become but I am not ready yet to get married or start a family. I hope that one day I will reach step eight and look back on my life with integrity not despair, with no regrets and know that I tried my hardest to be the best person that I could be.
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