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Basic Trust-Erik Erikson
According to Erikson, if babies' needs are met, infants develop a sense of basic trust. This trust is attributed to early parenting. In this picture I am together with my loving family. This has shown me to be trusting rather than fearing my environment. -
Sensorimoter-Jean Piaget
According to Piaget, from birth to 2 years, babies absorb the world through their senses and actions. In this picture I am experiencing putting up the Christmas Tree. Events like this one helped me to develop object permanence and to create a bond with my family -
Autonomy-Erik Erikson
According to Erikson, in this stage children learn to exercise their will and to accomplish things for themselves. In this picture I am proudly carving a pumpkin all by myself. This was important to create my autonomy once I stated to believe in my abilities to do something. -
Initiative-Erik Erikson
According to Erikson, from 3 to 6 years old children lean to do tasks and to carry out plans to not feel guilty. In this picture I wanted to help decorate the tree with my mom. This was important to boost my initiative and effort to be independent. -
Competence - Erik Erikson
According to Erikson, from 6 years to puberty, children learns to apply themselves to task or they feel inferior. When I was in 5th grade I wanted to play the french horn. This made me apply myself to be the best I could be. This is significant because it taught me my self confidence. -
Preoperational - Jean Piaget
According to Piaget, from 2 to 6-7 years old, children represent things with images and words using their intuitive reasoning. In this picture I am playing pretend with my toy kitchen set. Events like this helped me to develop theory of mind and comprehend my egocentrism -
Concrete Operational-Jean Piaget
According to Piaget, from about 7 to 11 years, children start to think logically about the events that happen to them, understand analogies and perform arithmetical operations. When I was 7, I started bringing homework home. This was important to create my base for understanding how the world works. -
Preconventional morality - Kohlberg
When I was in second grade, I always did all of my homework to avoid the school contacting my parents. This is an example of Kohlberg's Preconventional Morality. This stage of development is about obeying rules to avoid punishment or gain concrete rewards. By doing my homework, I exhibited this stage. -
Conventional Morality - Kohlberg
When I was in middle school I joined STREAK. This was a group that worked with volunteering around my community. According to Kohlberg, in conventional morality, moral reasoning is focused on doing the right just because it is the right thing to do or to seek social approval. Events like this were important because they formed a base for the development of my postconventional morality. -
Identity - Erik Erikson
According to Erikson, in this stage teenagers work to refine their sense of self and to create their identity. In this picture I am with my friends. My interaction with them is important for me to test and integrate different roles to form my unique identity.
