put those developments in. This report will talk about Erik Erikson and the theory that he created to help others in understanding how a child developed. He had created and developed eight well thought out stages that can help anyone to understand how to care for a child when you are a babysitter‚ Child and Youth Care Practitioner (CYCP)‚ parent‚ guardian‚ etc. Rinaldi (2015) explained in the textbook that Erikson had researched and developed a theory called psychological development and that is
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Human development Principles of Growth and Development • Growth – increase in size or quantity over time • Development – systematic and orderly change organisms experience as they live and either gain or lose abilities Principles of Growth and Development Growth is personal Growth comes from within Growth is gradual and orderly but uneven Growth has certain characteristics common at particular stages • Development precedes from the head downward (cephalocaudal) • Development precedes from the
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Chapter 9: Development Across the Lifespan 1. Lifespan Developmental Psychology - Branch of psychology concerned with the systematic physical‚ cognitive‚ and psychosocial processes that lead to these changes that occur throughout life 2. Basic Issues in Developmental Psychology a. Nature and Nurture i. Nature - Theory that holds that physical and cognitive development is genetically determined ii. Nurture - Theory that holds that physical and cognitive development is determined
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life span perspective of development provides interesting information about the development of individuals throughout their lifetime‚ such as who different individuals are‚ how individuals developed into who they are‚ and who or what individuals will end up becoming. The psychoanalytic perspective of psychology offers a deeper look into life span development and helps explain the stages of development that people go through in their life. The life span perspective of development also provides significant
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Stages of Development While reading the textbook‚ Erik Erikson’s psychological theories of development seemed interesting and stood out to us. Erik Erikson (1902-1994) was a psychosocial theorist that was a follower of Sigmond Freud (Berger‚ 2012). He acknowledged the significance of the unconscious mind and early childhood‚ as well as‚ furthered his studies and developed his own ideas. In the following paragraphs‚ we will describe Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development. The first
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Key Elements of Erikson’s Theory"Erik Erikson believed that we develop in psychosocial stages versus psychosexual stages that Freud developed" (Santrock‚ 2008‚ p.23). "The word ’psychosocial’ was Erikson’s term that he derived from the words psychological meaning mind and social meaning relationship" (Chapman‚ 2007). Erikson was concerned with how personality and behavior is influenced after birth. Erikson stood strong on his belief concerning nurture and experience. The key element within Erikson’s
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(i) In Module 8.1‚ the three areas of development are explained as Physical‚ Cognitive and Psychosocial developments and what that involves‚ Physical development is the growth and changes in the body and brain‚ this includes the senses‚ motor skills‚ health‚ and wellness. An example would be learning to walk‚ using utensils‚ and body changes like hitting puberty. Secondly‚ Cognitive development is said to be learning‚ attention‚ memory‚ language‚ thinking‚ reasoning‚ and creativity. An example would
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Intimacy vs. Isolation Identity versus role confusion is the fifth stage of eight‚ of Erik Erikson ’s theory of psychosocial development. This stage occurs during adolescence between the ages of approximately 13 to 19. Teens need to develop a sense of self and personal identity. During this stage‚ children are exploring their independence and developing a sense of self. This is one of the most crucial stages‚ as it comes during adolescence. According to Kartha (2010) during this period‚ teenagers
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adolescent development Erik Erikson in 1956 researched and developed Eight stages of development. According to Erikson‚ the socialisation process consists of eight phases – the ‘eight stages of man’‚ his eight stages of man were formulated‚ not through experimental work‚ but through wide-ranging experience in psychotherapy‚ including extensive experience with children and adolescents from low- as well as upper- and middle – social classes. Each stage is regarded by Erikson as a ‘psychosocial crisis’
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stages throughout an entire lifespan. More particularly‚ Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson were prominent theorists who had an immense impact on psychosocial development and early childhood education. Both theorists studied and focused on diverse‚ yet particular developmental stages. Erik Erikson’s assumptions involved the eight stages of psychosocial development. Moreover‚ his theory concentrates and describes the developmental stages across the lifespan. Though Erikson’s theory was developed years after
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