Compare And Contrast Piaget And Erickson

Piaget’s and Erickson’s stages of developments are very different from each other. In Erickson’s theory he goes more into depth about how an individual interects with the environment around them. Each of his stages has a consequence if the child does not succeed in the stage. It usually leads them to having doubt or insecurities. In Piaget’s theory he emphasizes more on the mental development of a child. During the first stage of Erickson’s stage of development children go through mistrust versus trust. This is because they are relying on their parents almost all the time and if they aren’t around their parents then they may experience having mistrust. This is completely different to Piaget because they mostly rely on movement and actions during
These basic things of living could be like learning to brush thier own teeth. After Piaget’s second stage he only has two more stages left in his thoery. The third stage in his thoery is the concrete stage which is when children are able to do mental problems. They are able to think them out. Eric Eickson’s third stage is called initiative versus guilt which is when children are way more aware of their social environment. Piaget only has one more stage after his third stage. His last stage is called formal operation and this is when they do a lot of abstract thinking which is creating hypothesis and deduced reasoning. Erickson’s fourth stage is industry vs. inferiority which is when children compete with each other. His fifth stage is identity vs. confusion which is they understand their role and identity in a society. The sixth stage of Erickson’s thoery is intimacy versus isolation this is when a healthy relationship with someone intimate can influence a successful future for them. The seventh stage of Erickson is generativity versus