Developmental Stages Flashcards
Freud’s Developmental Theory
Psychosexual Developmental Theory - personality develops through a series of childhood stages in which the pleasure- seeking energies of the id become focused on certain erogenous areas.
Freud’s parts of Psyche
Id (a human’s basic instinctual drives; respond directly to instincts and impulses); Ego (attempts to mediate between Id and reality, acts according to reality principle); Superego (reflects the internalization of cultural rules usually learned from parents, regulate a person’s sense of right and wrong, suppress all unacceptable urges)
Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development (w/ages)
Birth-1 year: Oral 1-3years: Anal 3-6 years: Phallic 6-Puberty: Latent Puberty-Adult: Genital
Oral Stage
Birth-1 year: An infant’s primary interaction with the world is through the mouth. Pleasure from oral stimulation
Anal Stage
1-3 years: Primary focus of the libido was on controlling bladder and bowel movements. Toilet training. Too much pressure can result in an excessive need for order or cleanliness later in life; too little pressure can lead to messy or destructive behavior later in life
Phallic Stage
3-6 years: Primary focus of the id’s energy is on the genitals. Children become aware of their gender identity
Latent Stage
6-Puberty: Sexual feelings are dormant. Develop social skills, values and relationships with peers and adults outside of the family
Genital Stage
Puberty-Adult: Develop sexual interests in others
Piaget’s Developmental Theory - Overview
Based on premise that people actively construct higher levels of knowledge. Motivation for cognitive development occurs when there is a state of ‘disequilibrium’ brought on by a discrepancy between the person’s current understanding of the world and reality. Equilibrium is then achieved through a combination of assimilation and accommodation which both lead to adaptation
Piaget - Assimilation
Incorporation of new info into existing schemas
Piaget - Accommodation
Modification of existing schemas
Piaget’s Stages of Development - list
Birth-2 yrs: Sensorimotor Stage
2-7 yrs: Preoperational Stage
7-11 yrs: Concrete Operational Stage
11+ yrs: Formal Operational Stage
Piaget Sensorimotor Stage
Birth-2 years: Learn primarily through sensory input and action. 3 achievements during this stage:
- Object Permanence (objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight)
- Causality (certain events cause other events)
- Symbolic Thought (when child begins to use language - symbols - to think about actions before performing them (e.g., words represent objects such as dog or cat))
Piaget Preoperational Stage
2-7 years: Symbolic function (which allows the child to learn through the use of mental images, language and other symbols that represent objects that aren’t present); Imaginary play
Piaget Concrete Operational Stage
7-11 years: Children are capable of performing mental operations using logic and abstract thinking. Classify and problem solve in more sophisticated ways. Conservation (Conservation is one of Piaget’s developmental accomplishments, in which the child understands that changing the form of a substance or object does not change its amount, overall volume, or mass), inductive reasoning (Inductive reasoning is a style of reasoning in which decisions are made and conclusions are reached by a process of analyzing available evidence and past experiences).