Erikson's stages of psychosocial development

interesting about Postman argument is to establish his points he first begins with discussing the invention of childhood. Thus giving his readers the impression that he believes that childhood did not always exist. Postman explains that with the development of the printing press the culture of society went from an oral culture of learning to a literate culture. Therefore children had to learn to read and write creating institutions like schools. Postman claims this created a gap between elders…

Cognitive development is the construction of intellectual aptitude including identification, investigation, exposition, sensitivity and judgment, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Nature of intelligence mainly involves the intellectual practicalities, psychological sequences (thoughts), and eminences of intelligent entities. An individual develops a certain level of intelligence through the several cognitive developmental phases at different stages of life. The primary stage of…

The act of growing up is something we all experience. Being naive and innocent characterize the time and state of mind before this act. Our view of the world are one of the things that is affected by this naive nature. Preteens often picture an adult life and world as something magical, almost fictional and have high hopes for this adult future. Growing up and growing out of this naive worldview is exactly what the main character experiences in the short story Acting Shakespeare. Through this…

Four Moral Development Theories Jean Piaget’s Theory of Moral Development According to Piaget, cognitive ability must be developed before a child is able to reason in social situations (Schunk, 2017). The study of the different responses between a younger child and an older child’s way of thinking was a key part of Piaget’s research. His researched showed that Moral development in younger children focuses more on what happens after an incident compared to an older child who will tend to look at…

cognitive development, which is one of the most influential and extensive theory’s of cognitive development, came about as a result of Piaget himself, observing his own children. In this essay the writer will discuss how, according to Piaget, the process of adaption helps us to understand how a child constructs his/her world. The writer will then go on to outline Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. They will be focusing on the final stage of the theory, the formal operational stage which…

A psychological theory that is reflected in the case study is Piaget’s ‘Theory of Cognitive Development’. Piaget’s theory involves four stages of a child’s cognitive development and how they can understand different things during the different stages of development (refer to the table below) (Wadsworth, 1996). Piaget’s theory importantly shows that children between 7-11 (stage three) can usually only fully understand concrete situations (Wadsworth, 1996). So, in distressing and unknown…

observed Maya, it was clear that her actions correlated well with certain theories of development we have learned in class. For example, the first one I noticed was when Maya and her younger brother, lucas, were playing dress-up. The theory that came to mind was Lawrence Kohlberg 's cognitive developmental theory of gender-role development. Specifically, the third stage of his theory related best to the situation. The stage is described as gender constancy, which is when the child finally…

The first five years of a child’s life shape the moral development of the brain for the rest of their life. Moral development is the stages in which people go through throughout their life that help them determine what is right or wrong. Multiple theorists such as: Piaget, Kohlberg, Gilligan, and Damon have contributed to the topic of moral development. Being aware of the contributions these theorists have made will help people understand why others perform the way they do. According to McLeod…

his stepfather murdered by the police. This movement alone meant a lot to him. Secondly, Obama becoming president, made him feel the black community has took a few steps in being more accepted in the nation. Thirdly, The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, it has inspired to try in get more involved with cleaning up the community and making it more…

Section Five: Moral Development According to Kohlberg’s theory, Anna should be in level one which is the preconventional reasoning level. Kohlberg’s preconventional reasoning believes that children reach moral decisions by means of not wanting to be punished or for some type of reward. Preconventional reasoning has two levels. In the second level, children pursue their own interest but are mindful of others too. I would classify Anna as being in the Kohlberg’s second level, the conventional…