Erikson And Child Development. Erikson’s theory is cast in terms of the dominant tensions which exist in eight life stages he described as follows: Erickson proposed nine stages of life, the first of which overlaps with piaget’s.

Digital media in early childhood resources for educators. Autonomy versus shame and doubt is the second stage of erik erikson's stages of psychosocial development. Erikson’s first stage, infancy, lasts from birth to 18 months and involves a child learning to trust the world and the people in it.