2- lifespan theories Flashcards
PSYCHOSEXUAL THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT
- Sigmund freud
- Personality develops during early childhood
- Development is discontinuous
○ Everyone has to pass through a series of stages during childhood
○ If we lack proper nurturance and parenting during a stage, we may become stuck, or fixated, in that stage - we can take away from Freud’s theory is that personality is shaped, in some part, by experiences we have in childhood.
stages of psychosexual development
- children’s pleasure-seeking urges are focused on a different area of the body, called an erogenous zone, at each of the five stages of development:
- oral,
- anal,
- phallic,
- Latency
- Genital
PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT
- Emphasizes the SOCIAL NATURE of our development rather than its sexual nature
- Personality development takes place all through the lifespan!
- How we interact with others is what affects our sense of self
○ Ego identity
erikson!!
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stage of development 1
0–1
Trust vs. mistrust
Trust (or mistrust) that basic needs, such as nourishment and affection, will be met
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development 2
1–3
Autonomy vs. shame/doubt
Develop a sense of independence in many tasks
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development 3
3–6
Initiative vs. guilt
Take initiative on some activities—may develop guilt when unsuccessful or boundaries overstepped
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development 4
7–11
Industry vs. inferiority
Develop self-confidence in abilities when competent or sense of inferiority when not
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development 5
12–18
Identity vs. confusion
Experiment with and develop identity and roles
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development 6
19–29
Intimacy vs. isolation
Establish intimacy and relationships with others
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development 7
30–64
Generativity vs. stagnation
Contribute to society and be part of a family
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development 8
65–
Integrity vs. despair
Assess and make sense of life and meaning of contributions
COGNITIVE THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT
- Jean piaget
- Focused on children’s cognitive growth
- Believed that thinking is a central aspect of development and that children are natureally inquisitve
○ Buuut they don’t think and reason like adults - Cognitive abilities develop through specific stages
○ Discontinuity approach to development - Children develop schemata to help them understand the world
Assimilation
take info that is comparable to what they already know
we take in new information or experiences and incorporate them into our existing ideas
Accommodation
when they change their schemata based on new info
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Sensorimotor
0–2
Sensorimotor
World experienced through senses and actions, Tools for thinking and reasoning change with development
Object permanence
Stranger anxiety