Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development states that at each stage, we face a crisis. By resolving it, we develop psychological strengths that help us become confident and healthy people.

Erikson, who died in 1994, theorized that personality is developed through eight different life stages, later called Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development.

Autonomy versus shame and doubt is the second stage of Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development.This stage occurs between the age of 18 months and around age 2 or 3 years. According to ...

Erikson's stages of psychosocial development describes eight developmental stages through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. In each stage the person ...

How looking back on life shapes our final chapter. Reviewed by Amy Morin, LCSW. Integrity vs. despair is the eighth and final stage of Erik Erikson’s stage theory of psychosocial development ...