The statement that recent research indicates that personality development in adulthood does not occur in the stages that Erik Erikson suggested is false. In contrast, the personality development goes through the following Erikson's eight stages of psychosocial development include trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame/doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. role confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, and integrity vs. despair.