PSYCOSOCIAL STAGES

BY ERIK ERIKSON

PREPARED BY
GUL JABEEN
SANA NAZ
& WAJIDA
 OBJECTIVES
Short history of Erik Erikson
Names of the psychosocial stages
Stage 1 Trust vs Mistrust in details
How trust or mistrust develop in newborn
Symptoms
Treatment
 Erik Erikson

Erik Erikson was a German-American developmental

psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory
on psychological development of human being.
Born on 15th June 1902 in Frankfurt (Germany)
Died on 12th May 1994
NAMES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL STAGES
Remember short key (TAI
4 GEnts)
1. Trust vs Mistrust  (Our Presentation topic)
2. Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt
3. Initiative vs Guilt
4. Industry vs Inferiority
5. Identity vs Confusion
6. Intimacy vs Isolation
7. Generativity vs Stagnation
8. Ego integrity vs Despair
 Stage 1
Trust vs Mistrust
Also called Oral-Sensory stage
Age: Birth to 18 months (1.5 year)
Conflict: Trust or Mistrust
Relationship: Mother
Strength: Hope
Key Event: Feeding, Abandonment
 Stage 1
 This stage is similar to Freud’s first stage, the crisis of
this stage is greatest Helplessness and Dependence
 During this stage the mouth is of vital importance
because the infant lives and loves with the mouth.
 Relationship between the infant and his or her is not
exclusively biological, it is also Social.
 The baby’s interaction with the mother determine
whether an attitude of trust or mistrust for future
dealing with the environment will be incorporated
into his or her personality.
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 If the mother responds appropriately to the baby’s
physical needs (Feeding etc) and provides ample affection,
love and security, than the infant will develop a sense of
trust an attitude that will characterize the growing child’s
view of himself or herself and of others.
 In this way we learn to expect, Consistency, continuity
and sameness from other people and situation in our
environment.
 Erikson said that this expectation provides the beginning
of our Ego identity and he recalled that he had formed
such as a bond of trust with his mother.
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 On the other hand if the mother is rejecting
inattentive or inconsistent in her behavior, the infant
develops an attitude of Mistrust and will become
Suspicious, Fearful and Anxious.
 Mistrust can also occurs if the mother does not display
an exclusive focus on the child.
 A new mother who resumes a job outside the home
and leaves her infant in the care of relatives or in a day
care center, promoting risks of mistrust in the child.
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 Although the pattern of that trust or mistrust as a
dimension of personality is set in infancy, the problem
may reappear at a later developmental stages.
For example an ideal infant mother relationship
produces a high level of trust, but this secure sense of
trust can be destroyed if the mother dies or leaves home.
 (Treatment) Childhood mistrust can be altered later
in life through the companionship of loving and
patient teacher or Friend.
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 The basic strength of hope is associated with the
successful resolution of the crisis during the oral-
sensory stage
 Erikson described this strength as the belief that our
desire will be satisfied.
 Hope involves a persistence feeling of confidence, a
feeling we will maintain despite temporary setbacks or
reverses.
 THE END
Any Question