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Stage 6: Intimacy versus isolation (young adulthood). Person seeks to make commitments to others; if unsuccessful,may suffer from sense of isolation and self-absorption. Virtue: Love.
Stage 7: Generativity versus stagnation (middle adulthood) Mature adult is concerned with establishing and guiding the next generation or else feels personal impoverishment. Virtue: Care.
Stage 8: Integrity versus despair (old age). Elderly person achieves a sense of acceptance of own life, allowing the acceptance of death, or else falls into despair. Virtue: Wisdom.
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