Ericksons Stages of Development Name: Institution: Ericksons Stages of Development Ericksons stages of development build upon Freuds psychosexual theory as he proposes that people are motivated by the need and desire to achieve competence in particular areas of our lives. According to his theory there are eight stages of development over the human lifespan moving from infancy to late adulthood. These stages are defined by a crisis or task that needs resolution to develop a healthy personality and a sense of competences. For children three stages should be accounted for as a part of typical development by a therapist including the trust[ CITATION Mye13 \l 1033 ]. The first stage is the mistrust stage that spans the first year of an infant. In this stage,...