Erik Erikson´s psychosocial development theory emphasized the idea that the man must face several life stages in order to gain confidence and mental health, those stages are:
- Confidence vs. distrust, which main support is his own mother.
- Autonomy vs. shame and doubt, related with parents.
- Initiative vs. guilt, developed in hand with basic family.
- Laboriousness vs. inferiority, with his neighborhood or school.
- Exploration of identity vs. identity dissemination, during his adolescence with friends or pairs.
- Privacy vs. isolation, develop the search and need of privacy.
- Generativity vs. stagnation, in this life stage, the person looks for family company.
- Integrity of the self vs. despair, it occurs between the older age and the death.
