Initiative vs. Guilt: an ability to create a future uncoerced by the past

Purpose: the courage to envisage and pursue valued goals uninhibited by the defeat of infantile fantasies by guilt, and by the foiling fear of punishment

Old Age								Integrity vs. Despair / Disgust Wisdom
Adulthood							Generactivity vs. Stagnation Care
Young Adulthood						Intimacy vs. Isolation Love
Adolescence					Identity vs. Self Diffusion Fidelity
School Age (Elementary)				Industry vs. Inferiority Competence
Play Age (Pre-school)			Initiation vs. Guilt Purpose
Early Childhood		Autonomy vs. Shame, doubt Will
Infancy	Basic Trust vs. basic mistrust Hope