Question | Answer |
Birth to 18 Months | Trust vs. Mistrust |
18 Months to 3 Years | Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt |
3-6 Years | Initiative vs. Guilt |
6-12 Years | Industry vs. Inferiority |
12-20 Years | Identity vs. Role Confusion |
20-30 Years | Intimacy vs. Isolation |
30-65 Years | Generativity vs. Stagnation |
65 Years-Death | Ego Integrity vs. Despair |
What is the major developmental task for the 6 month old infant. What stage is he or she in? | To develop a basic trust in the mothering figure and be able to generalize it to others.
Trust vs. Mistrust |
What is the major developmental task for the 67 year old female? What stage is he or she in? | To review one's life and derive meaning from both positive and negative events, while achieving a positive sense of self worth. |
What is the major developmental task for the 2 year old girl. What stage is he or she in? | To gain some self control and independence within the environment.
Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt |
What is the major developmental task for the 4 year old boy? What stage is he or she in? | To develop a sense of purpose and the ability to initiate and direct own activities.
Initiative vs. Guilt |
What is the major developmental task for the7 year old boy in elementary? What stage is he or she in? | To achieve a sense of self confidence by learning, competing, performing successfully, and receiving recognition from significant others, peers, and acquaintances.
Industry vs. Inferiority |
What is the major developmental task for the 19 year old teenage girl? What stage is he or she in? | To integrate the tasks mastered in the previous stages into a secure sense of self.
Identity vs. Role Confusion |
What is the major developmental task for the 25 year old female? | To form an intense lasting relationship or a commitment to another person, cause, institution or creative effort.
Intimacy vs. Isolation |
What is the major developmental task for the 45 year old male? What stage? | To acchieve the life goals established for oneself, while also considering the welfare of future generations. Generativity vs. Stagnation |