Developmental Stages in

Middle and Late Adolescence

UNIT 1 LESSON 3
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HAVIGHURST`S DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS DURING THE
LIFE SPAN
Havighurst has suggested six major periods of
development:
• infancy and early childhood (birth through 5 years)
• middle childhood (6 through 12 years)
• adolescence (13 through 18 years)
• early adulthood (19 through 29 years)
• middle adulthood (30 through 60 years)
• later maturity (60 years and up)
UNDERSTANDING THE ADOLESCENCE

ADOLESCENCE
Adolescence can be broken into 3 stages:
• Early Adolescence- 10 To 14 Years

• Middle Adolescence -15 To 17 Years

• Late Adolescence –17 To 22 Years

ERIK ERIKSON’S PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY
Erik Erikson
 STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• Epigenetic Principle

• Syntonic

• Dystonic
Trust vs. Mistrust

Infancy

Hope

Mutual
Affirmation
Autonomy vs. Doubt and Shame

Toddler

Will

“Terrible
two’s”
Initiative vs. Guilt

Preschool

Purpose

Play age
Industry vs. Inferiority
School
Age

Competency

Learning
new
Skills
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Early
Adolescence

Fidelity
Fidelity and
devotion to
friends and
causes
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Late
Adolescence

Love

Mutually
satisfying love
and affiliation
Generativity vs. Stagnation

Adulthood

Care
Resolves
“midlife
crisis”
Ego Integrity vs. Despair

Old Age
Wisdom

Wisdom,
reflection,
and a sense of
fulfillment