Stages of growth and development Even though many theories exist regarding the stages of child growth and development‚ one of the most respected and influential theories has been that of 20th century psychologist Erik Erikson. Focusing primarily on the psychosocial aspects of development‚ Erikson developed a comprehensive theory that outlines change and growth throughout the entire human life span. His theory identifies five stages of development during childhood‚ as well as three stages of development
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Erikson’s 8 Stages of Development Erik Erikson studied people and concluded that we all go through stages of development from birth to death. Erikson divided up the stages into the following categories: Oral-Sensory/Infancy‚ Early Childhood‚ Play Age‚ Latency/School Age‚ Adolescence‚ Young Adulthood‚ Middle Adulthood‚ and Late Adulthood. He believed that some characteristics are learned based on challenges and support that we receive throughout life. (Harder‚ 2002) The first stage is Oral-Sensory/Infancy
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Student: Ashlee Robishaw Patient Initials: AMR Current Age: 4 months Gestational Age: 39 weeks and 6 days Growth Parameters: Height: 24.5 in Weight: 5.5 kg Developmental Stages: (Infant/Toddler/Ps/School age/Adolescent) Freud: Oral Stage - infant’s main concerns are with oral gratification • The child’s primary source of pleasure is sucking. She is currently breastfeeding and the mother has stated that the infant is able to be consoled by nursing or sucking thumb. Erikson: Trust versus
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Stage Theories of Human Development Jean Piaget believed that all children mature through a series of distinct stages in intellectual development (Coon‚ 97). Many of these ideas came from him observing his own children and how they solved different problems. He believed in the use of assimilation which is the application of existing mental patterns to new situations‚ the new situation is linked to existing mental schemes (Coon‚ 97). Piaget developed a series of stages that children go through
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Physical Development Case Studies 1. Toddlers 2-3 years To Encourage Fine Motor skills I would carry out an egg decorating lesson using arts and crafts materials to encourage cutting and sticking and drawing to develop their pencil control and developing their grip and holding techniques. The early years outcomes that this follows are: Physical Development: Moving and handling: 22-36 months: Shows control in holding and using jugs to pour‚ hammers‚ books and mark making tools. May beginning to
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Jane Loevinger’s theory of ego development is highly influential and is a compliment to Erikson’s theory psychosocial development. Loevinger proposed a theory that has implications for understanding the entire lifespan. The view of the ego is “the striving to master‚ to integrate‚ to makes sense of experience” (University of Phoenix‚ ). The basic process of selfhood (the sense of the ego or “I” as the active interpreter of experience) changes in important ways over the course of a human life (University
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Analyzing Adolescent Behavior Problems Erik Erikson came up with 8 stages of development. He believed that each of these stages were a part of a sequence and in each stage there was a crisis attached to it. The following are Erikson’s stages of development: 1. Trust vs. Mistrust – This occurs from birth to two years old. 2. Autonomy vs. Doubt Crisis – This occurs from the ages of 2 -3. During this stage of development children are trying to gain some independence but they also experience
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Slavin‚ “…cognitive development proposes that a child’s intellect‚ or cognitive ability‚ progresses through four distinct stages.” These stages are Piaget’s milestones for progressive cognitive growth: sensorimotor‚ pre-operational‚ concrete operational and formal operational. The brain typically reaches milestones in the cognitive developmental process‚ during which common objectives are reached according to one’s age. It is very
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Depending on what stage of adult development we are in‚ we experience changes and attempt to remold or alter our lives. To help us better understand these stages‚ we will take a deeper look into Daniel Levinson’s life stages in adult development. As Stever (2010) explains in his article “Fan Behavior and Lifespan Development Theory: Explaining Para-social and Social Attachment to Celebrities‚” Levinsons stages are separated by transitions which help decipher what changes if any need to be made to
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systematic study of development. During Jean Piaget’s work he came up with three basic components‚ which are Schemas‚ Adaption Processes‚ and Stages of Development (McLeod). First‚ is the Schema‚ which Jean Piaget called the building blocks of intelligent behavior. Schemas can be described as a set
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