Infancy

0 to 1 year

Trust versus mistrust

Early childhood

1 to 3 years

Feeling of autonomy versus doubt in one’s ability

Preschool

4 to 5 years

Initiative (doing things on one’s own) versus guilt (about activities not valued by adults)

School age

6 to 12 years

Industriousness and competence versus inferiority

Adolescence

13 to 19 years

Clear sense of identity versus confusion

Early childhood

20 to 25 years

Achieving intimacy versus superficial relationships and isolation

Middle adulthood

26 to 64 years

Fulfilling, generative work versus stagnation

Older adulthood

65+ years

Sense of order and meaning in life versus despair and regret