Erikson
Stage 6 Stage 8
Stage 1 Stage 3
Stage 2 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 7
Generative vs. self-
Autonomy vs. Sense of Industry vs. Inferiority Identityvs.Role absorption and
shame and doubt 1 to 3 6 to 11 years confusionPuberty stagnation middle age
years
Trust vs.Mistrust Initiativevs.Guilt Intimacy vs. Integrity vs.
birth to 1 years 3 to 6 years Isolation young adult despair old age
Pre-conventional reasoning Sensorymotor, birth to2 Concreteoperations7-11
whenwhildren askwhy Post-conventional reasoning years
whenaperson finds abalance years
betweenbasic human rights
andobligations and societal Period1 Period3
Kohlberg rules and regulation.
Piaget
Conventional reasoning a
person seesmoral Period2 Period4
reasoningbasedon their
internalizationof societal FormalOperations11years
andother’s expectations. Preoperational 2-7years
to adluthood