Erik Erikson proposed an 8-stage theory of psychosocial development across the lifespan. The stages involve developing trust versus mistrust as an infant, autonomy versus shame and doubt as a toddler, initiative versus guilt as a preschooler, industry versus inferiority in childhood, identity versus role confusion in adolescence, intimacy versus isolation in young adulthood, generativity versus stagnation in middle adulthood, and ego integrity versus despair in late adulthood.