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Sensorimotor
Touching and feeling and putting things in your mouth
No ability for speech
Working towards object permanence
No sense of symbolism -
Infancy
Trust vs. Mistrust
working towards hope -
Preoperational
Develop speech. Understand symbols. Understand object permanence. Start to understand conservation. Start to identify patterns. -
Early Childhood
Autonomy vs. Shame
Working toward independence -
Locomotor
Initiative vs. Guilt
Independence. Learning to make mistakes. -
Latency
Industry vs. Inferiority.
Work independently. Develop relationship with peers. Multiple activities and areas. -
Concrete Operational
Logic. Begin to think abstractly. More complex thought. Test hypotheses. -
Early Adolescence
Starting Middle School.
Drawing away from parents. Forming self identity. Interested in opposite sex. Physical changes and growth. -
Middle Adolescence
Early high school. More career driven. Continued physical changes and growth. Increased interest in opposite sex. Concerned with physical appearance. Develop personal interests. More rebellion. Experimentation. -
Adolescence
Late high school. Sense of identity. Early resolution of conflicts serves a better foundation. Indecisiveness. Self-acceptance. -
Formal Operational
Highly capable of abstract thought. More complex ideas and language. Challenge more abstract schemas. -
Late Adolescence
College. Financial independence. More concern for others. Less concern for physical appearance. Stronger relationships with family. Career driven. Deeper relationships/intimacy. -
Early Adulthood
Intimacy vs. Isolation. Personal commitment to self in order to have deeper commitments to others. Positive outcome: have love, friendship, families. Negative outcome: isolation, fearful of commitment, depression. -
Middle Adulthood
Generativity vs. Stagnation. Legacy vs. midlife crisis. Analyze what you leave behind, if you've contributed to society, if you've taught your children. If you feel like you're not leaving anything behind, you feel unfulfilled and regretful. -
Maturity
Integrity vs. despair. Self-reflection, looking back on life. Feel fulfilled and accept death or unfilled and afraid to die.