Piaget and Erikson: Theories of Development

Egocentric

view the world with you at the center of it

Erikson's Stages

1: Infant (0 to 1) - Trust vs. Mistrust 2: Toddler (1 to 3) - Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt 3: Preschool (3 to 6) - Initiative vs. Guilt 4: Preadolescent (6 to 12) - Industry vs. Inferiority 5: Adolescence (13 to 18) - Identity vs. Role Confusion 6: Early Adulthood (18 to 35) - Intimacy vs. Isolation 7: Middle Adulthood (35 to 65) - Generativity vs. Stagnation 8: Late Adulthood (65 to death ) - Integrity vs. Despair

What are similarities between Piaget and Erikson's work?

Both are stage theorists

What are differences between Piaget and Erikson's work?

Both study different aspects of human development Each has a different number of stages in his theories Each has different ideas about how people progress through stages

Baby Derek sees his mom leave a room and cries. He is only one year old. Why is he crying?

Derek thinks his mom is gone for good and doesn't exist

Piaget's Stages

Sensorimotor = birth to 2 Preoperational = 2 to 7 Concrete operations = 7 to 11 Formal operations = 11 through adulthood

During what major stage/age does a person feel either industry or inferiority?

Stage 4: preadolescence

Industry

devotion to completing the task

Inferior

feeling inadequate or less than someone else

During what stage so you learn abstract thinking skills?

formal operations

Piaget became interested in children's development when he ________

listened to their wrong answers during IQ testing

When kids construct a whole world around something they believe, it is called ______

schema

Object permanence

the ability to realize that objects still exist when they are not being sensed

Schema

an organized way of viewing the world around you

Differences

Piaget - intellectual development Erikson - social and emotional development Erikson - influenced by Freud's stages Piaget - influenced by his own observations Piaget - 4 stages Erikson - 8 dtages

What will possibly happen to a person who feels inferior?

The person will have a hard time getting along with others and making friends

Learning good work ethics will help you develop __________

a sense of industry