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Identity vs. Self Diffusion: the accrued confidence that one's ability to maintain inner sameness and continuity (one's ego) is matched by the sameness and continuity of one's meaning for others |
Fidelity: an ability to sustain loyalties freely pledged in spite of the inevitable contradictions of value systems |
Old Age |
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Adulthood |
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Young |
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Adolescence |
Identity vs. |
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School Age |
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Play Age |
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Early |
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Infancy |