Natasha Rutledge
Erik Erikson theory is a psychosocial theory. It is made up of eight different stages: birth-1 year, 2-3 years, 4-5 years, 6 years-puberty, adolescence, early childhood, middle adulthood, and later adulthood. His firsts stage, birth to 1 year, crisis is trust vs. mistrust. It has both positive and negative consequences. On the positive side infants to toddlers have trust in themselves and things around them. On the negative side they are afraid of others that are not always around. Erikson’s second stage, 2-3 years, autonomy vs. shame and doubt. A positive about this stage is children begin to have a sense of self control. A negative about this stage is they do not feel as sure about their own independence. The next stage, 4-5 years, initiative vs. guilt. A positive consequence at this stage is children begin to start playing on their own. They do tend to feel guilty about the things they need at this stage which would be a negative consequence. The fourth stage of Erikson’s theory is, 6 years-puberty, industry vs. inferiority. Positive consequence of this stage is feeling competent and the negative is feeling inferior. The next stage is …show more content…
He believes that children can learn one skill at a time. For example, if a child is learning how to make a grilled cheese sandwich, they educator should help as much as possible, then when the child is learning let them continue to make it by themselves. That is called scaffolding. He also believed that child should learn by having relationships with adults through communication, socializing with one another, and playing. Lev Vygotsky also believed that children learn by pushing themselves father than what they already know. That is what they call the zone of proximal development (ZPD). ZPD is what child can do with or without an adult guidance. Helping a child learn to do things on their own is Lev Vygotsky’s theory in a nut