(New) NR222 Final Exam Study Guide: Erikson's Developmental Stages

Erik Erikson
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Stages of Development
-Trust vs Mistrust (birth to 12-18 months)
-Autonomy vs Sense of Shame and Doubt (18 months- 3 years)
-Initiative vs Guilt (3-6 years)
-Industry vs Inferiority (6-12 years)
-Identity vs Role Confusion (puberty)
-Intimacy vs Isolation (young adult)
-Generativity vs Self-Absorption and Stagnation (middle age)
-Integrity vs Despair (old age)
Examples of time periods/ages and what stage of Erikson development they would be in:
Toddler/Potty training age- Autonomy vs Sense of Shame and Doubt
School aged-Industry vs Inferiority

Anything related to relationships- Intimacy vs Isolation
Happily married and has good close friends- Intimacy vs Isolation
Middle aged adult who is retired and volunteers at a home shelter- Generativity vs Self-Absorption and
Stagnation

Middle aged person who is stuck in a job that they hate and don’t feel like they can move
ahead-Generativity vs Self-Absorption and Stagnation
Middle aged person is mad they have to take care of their edlery parents-Generativity vs Self-Absorption
and Stagnation

Middle aged person who spends all their money on gambeling, drinking, crazy vacations- Generativity vs
Self-Absorption and Stagnation

Question: An 8 year old child seems more attentive to friends than anything else, using Erikson's
psychosocial developmental theory, what response is appropriate?
Answer: At this age the child is developing their own personality
Question: If you had a 14 year old patient who was in the hospital, what would be some things we as
nurses can do to help this 14 year old through some tasks?
Answer: We need to make sure we don’t interfere with his identity. We can do this by..
-Allowing his friends to come visit
-Make sure the kid stays involved with school so they don’t get behind.
Question: You have a preschool kid (4 year old) who is constantly rebelling and having conunitous
temper tantrums. Based on Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, what should the nurses do in
the parents' absence in order to keep the child's behavior in line?