%0 Video %I Symptom Media %D 2012 %C Carlsbad, Calif. %G English %T Human development stages index - Erik Erikson. autonomy 4 %U https://ezproxy.simmons.edu/login?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?MARC;3408585 %X This Training Title demonstrates Erik Erikson's Human Growth and Development Stage 2: Autonomy. Between the ages of one and three, children begin to assert their independence, by walking away from their mother, picking which toy to play with, and making choices about what they like to wear, to eat, etc. If children in this stage are encouraged and supported in their increased independence, they become more confident and secure in their own abilities to survive in the world.