Child Development Kyle Hermann & Amanda Weeks

  • Trust vs. Mistrust/ Sensorimotor

    Infants need love, attention, and stimulation.
    Learn through visual contact and touch
    Fully dependent on caregiver
    Figuring out their environment out through their senses.
  • Autonomy vs. Shame

    Right & Wrong
    Toilet Training
    "No!"
    Building Self Esteem
  • Preoperational

    2-7 years old
    They begin to gain independence
    Symbolic connections
    Begin to understand patterns and shapes
  • Initiative vs. Guilt

    Stage of independence
    Eager for responsibility
    Imagine guilt free
    Negative outcome: Guilt
  • Industry vs. Inferiority/ Concrete Operational

    Pleasure in productivity
    Relationships with peers are most important
    Productive with independent work
    Begin to understand multiple viewpoints
    Understand shapes and volume in regards to objects
    Reverse patterns.
  • Early Adolescence

    Moodiness
    They grow dislike for their parents
    Girls develop quicker than guys
  • Middle Adolescence

    Age 15-16
    Sweat more.
    Guys do more growing, girls have slowed down
    Intimate relationships arise (love and passion)
  • Identity vs. Role Confusion

    Development depends on what we do
    Significant relationships are with peers
    They have devotion and fidelity = search for identity
  • Formal Operations

    Think abstractly
    Reason logically
    Age 11+
  • Intimacy vs. Isolation

    Ages 19-40
    Commitment to another individual (marriage)
    Marriage and friendships
    Lack of self identity
  • Late Adolescence

    They are able to look into the future
    They start to care about others
    Intimate relationships develop stronger, preparing for marriage
  • Generativity vs. Stagnation

    Parenting and Careers
    Friends are from family, work, and community
    Lack of meaningful activity leads to boredom
    MID LIFE CRISIS
  • Integrity vs. Despair

    Accept the nearness of death
    Recollecting on life.
    Full of wisdom
    Either content with their life or full of regret.