Compare And Contrast Piaget And Erikson Stages Of Development

Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson both studied child development and they both made their theories on it. Both Piaget and Erikson both theories were similar but they differed in many ways. One thing they could agree on that its stages in life that a human goes through that shapes them. Piaget’s theory focused on children and not so much adulthood. He made stages that described what the child was able to experience at a certain time in their development. With the use of schemata he thought out his theory. The reason why is because during child development children schemata changes when they are learning new things by assimilations and accommodations. Using that he came up with four stages children will experience by age. The stages are sensorimotor, preoperational …show more content…
Lack of identity leads to depression and low self-esteem. Seventh stage is generativity vs stagnation which is also in adult hood when people are productive in their lives. Failure leads to one being unproductive in their life. Lastly the eight stage is integrity vs despair which deals with the elderly when they think about on all the accomplishments in their lives. If they failed they are disappoint ab out their lives. I personally prefer Erikson theory because it makes more sense. Piaget kids that he studied was slow learners to me, he needed a more diverse study group. Also, Erikson theory was more realistic I do think it is different stages, choices we have made, or things that happened to us that affected our life and shaped us into the person that we are. Starting in the trust vs mistrust stage, a caregiver can shape ones whole future just on the way they treat you. Starting at the beginning no matter what age you are if you do not have trust are you lose trust in someone that is important to you like your care giver it shapes your personality and affect future decisions you make in