Kohlberg's stages of moral development

overlooked at impacting a person’s development. However, what traditional theories lack in is what led to the development of alternative theories. Alternative theories provide another view that emphasizes aspects of a person that traditional theories do not look at, such as gender, sexuality, race, cultural background, religious identity, occupation, family makeup and marital…

Ericksons psychosocial theory of development has eight stages of life spam. The first one being trust vs. mistrust, Ericksons explains how This stage begins at birth to 12 months of age. Throughout this stage infant learn to either trust or mistrust and adult depending on the care they are given. . Therefore, A baby will either see the world as a safe or unsafe place depending on the caregiver. Parents who do meet the infant needs, will result in them feeling secure even when they are being…

Erikson’s psychosocial theory focused on how culture and society were driving forces in human development. Additionally, Erikson felt development was a not constricted to just childhood, but progressed throughout one’s lifespan. His psychosocial theory includes eight predetermined stages each of which include a particular crisis the individual must deal with, which in turn develops their character. The first stage, trust versus mistrust, ranges from birth to one years of age; if the child…

personality builds upon the stage before it, which is referred to as the epigenic principle (McLeod, 2013). His theory of psychosocial development includes eight stages wherein a person will face a crisis that pits psychological needs against societal needs. If a crisis is handled positively, the psychosocial development will be healthy whereas if the crisis is resolved negatively, the development will be impaired (Bernstein, 2016, p. 399). Each of Erikson’s eight stages presents a problem that…

to examine my development in the adolescence stage of Erikson’s model using Marcia’s identity statuses. Furthermore, I will use the trait perspective theory in to analyze how my specific behaviors of a certain trait can be applied to my…

The theory of psychosocial development, proposed by Erik Erikson, stresses the idea of continuous growth met with several identity crises influenced by the social environment. According to Erikson, humans are constantly developing and changing throughout their lives, not only in a physical sense but also personality wise. These life developments vary on the age of the person and can be determined through the eight psychosocial stages defined by Erikson. Each stage involves a crisis which can…

Generativity vs Stagnation (Middle Adulthood 40-65 years) The seventh stage of Erikson’s Psychosocial Development covers middle adulthood age 40-65 years. In entering this stage individual’s main focus is career, family, church, relationship and community. There are two kind of life styles Generativity vs Stagnation. Generative people love to prevail and play leading, positive and productive role towards their family and community. Their main concerns are family, successful raising their…

base their client 's behaviors on. The life cycle theory consists of stages for a human being from the time that they are born to late adulthood. The stages in the theory include basic trust versus mistrust, shame versus doubt, initiative versus guilt, industry versus inferiority, identity versus role confusion, intimacy versus isolation, generativity versus stagnation, and integrity versus despair (Hutchison, p. 60). Each stage represents people from when they are babies to late adulthood and…

environment around them. His theory focuses on eight stages that each result in a new personality characteristic. The environment at the time and the individual’s response to it determine whether the quality of the personality will be healthy or unhealthy. A healthy outcome leads to an easier time of accomplishing more positive results. An unhealthy outcome has potential to cause further damage to their psychosocial development. The first stage of this theory is the crisis of trust versus…

that describe development as primarily unconscious and heavily colored by emotion. Behavior is merely a surface characteristic, and the symbolic workings of the mind have to be analyzed to understand behavior. Early experiences with parents are emphasized.” (Santrock, 2015) Erik Erikson Psychosocial Theory had eight stages of human development. The first stage is trust versus mistrust and the development period was also infancy, but only the first year of infancy. The second stage is autonomy…