Child Development- Lauren Reed & Aubrey Curran

  • 0-18 months

    • Erikson's Theory= Trust vs. Mistrust
    • need love, attention, and stimulation
    • visual contact and touch
    • no trust with caregiver= mistrust with world
    • Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage- infants rely on using senses to learn
  • 18 months- 3 years

    • Erikson's Theory- Autonomy vs. Shame
    • Learning right from wrong
    • Learning word "NO"
    • Potty training
    • Still in Piaget's Sensorimotor during age 18 months-1.5/2 years old
    • Pre-operational stage they begin to gain more independence and participate in thinking using symbols
  • 3 years - 6 years

    -Erikson's Initiative vs. Guilt
    - Establish independence
    - Guilt free imagination
    - Learn initiative and responsibility
    - Piaget's Pre-operational Stage
  • 6 years - 12 years

    • Erikson's Theory- Industry vs. Inferiority
    • Discovers pleasure in production
    • Develops peer relationships
    • Productive independence
    • Piaget's Concrete Operational- Establishes ability to use deductive reasoning and logic
  • Enters Early Adolescense

  • 12 years - 18 years

    • ADOLESCENSE
    • Erikson's Theory- Identity vs. Role Confusion
    • Peer groups most important
    • Search for self-identity
    • To gain strengths, must be conscious of search for identity
    • Piaget's Formal Operational- ability to think abstractly
  • Enters Middle Adolescense

  • Enters Late Adolescense

  • 19 years- 40 years

    • Erikson's Theory Intimacy vs. Isolation
    • Love and relationships are priority
    • Family begins
    • Must be open to commitment
    • Focuses on marriage and friendships
  • 40 years-65 years

    • Erikson's Theory Generativity vs. Stagnation
    • Need for meaningful work
    • midlife crisis
    • Focuses on parenting and working
  • 65-death

    • Erikson's Theory Integrity vs. Despair
    • Accepts fate of death
    • Focuses on virtue of wisdom
    • Reflects back on life