Module 2: Psychosocial Theory

Question 1

eight stages of psychosocial development

Answer 1

Erikson’s stages of trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame/doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. role confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, and integrity vs. despair

Question 2

psychosocial theory

Answer 2

Erikson’s theory that emphasizes the social relationships that are important at each stage of personality development; the lifespan is broken into eight stages, each with a major psychosocial task to accomplish or crisis to overcome