Erikson's theory on identity development outlines several critical stages in human growth, each with potential positive (syntonic) and negative (dystonic) outcomes. During the Initiative vs.
SYNTONIC OUTCOME:
*Intimacy
*Sexual intimacy
*Gebnuine friendship
*Stable love
*Lasting marriage
7. GENERATIVITY VS STAGNATION
DYSTONIC OUTCOME:
-Routine repetition
-Stereotypical repetition in
social relationships
-Egotistical person
-Self-absorbed
-Self-indulgent
SYNTONIC OUTCOME:
*Wants to be useful and productive
*Wants to be needed
*Commitment to take care of persons,
things and ideas
8. INTEGRITY VS DESPAIR
DYSTONIC OUTCOME:
-Confusion
-Helplessness
-One's life wasted
-Discontentment with one's life,
one's self, and others
-Fear of death
-Childhood dependency
SYNTONIC OUTCOME:
*Aceptancce of one's self and one's life
*Independence
*Autonomy
*Maturity
*Self-discipline
1. TRUST VS MISTRUST
DYSTONIC OUTCOME:
-Mistrust of others
-Mistrustt of oneself
-Self-debasement
-Autistic isolation
SYNTONIC OUTCOME:
*Ability to trust
*Trust oneself
*Have hope
*Feeling of security
5. IDENTITY VS IDENTITY CONFUSION
DYSTONIC OUTCOME:
-Identity diffusion
-Role difussion and role confusion
-Delinquent behavior
-Low self-esteem
-Self-doubt
-Doubt their occupational skills
-Self-destructive activity
-Concern for the opinion of others
SYNTONIC OUTCOME:
*Establish ego-identity
*Attain mature identity
*Sense of knowing where one is going
*Fall in love
*Development of vocational identity
*Fidelity
*Formation of personal ideology
4. INDUSTRY VS INFERIORITY
DYSTONIC OUTCOME:
-Lack of industriousness
-Incapacity to develop feeling of enjoyment and pride
-Feeling of inadequacy and inferiority
-Work paralysis
-Sense of futility
SYNTONIC OUTCOME:
*Win approval
*Recognition
*Feeling of success
*Sense of duty
*Feeling of workmanship
* Feeling of work participation
*Desire for success
3. INITIATIVE VS GUILT
DYSTONIC OUTCOME:
-Immobilization by guilt
-Inhibition by fear
-Role inhibition
-Role fixation
-Over-dependence on adults
SYNTONIC OUTCOME:
*Develop iniciative
*Goal setting
*Curiosity for discovering
*Body exploration
*Sense of purpose