Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson are both distinguished and renowned for their research and theory work regarding human development. However, while their subject of research of research was similar, their theories and works were quite disparate, yet even further juxtaposed, their stances on certain issues in psychology, especially the nature verses nurture debate, are actually akin.
Jean Piaget was born in 1896 in Switzerland and is most noted for his research about early cognitive development. He was often referred to as a child prodigy and became published within the field at quite an early age. Piaget later began working with Binet, a psychologist, who was formulating what would later be the first intelligence test. By studying these children, Piaget devised a theory that children progressed from birth throughout adolescence in what he referred to as qualitatively different stages of cognitive development. The first …show more content…
Erikson focused on the social aspects of development, calling his theory the psychosocial stages of development; whereas Freud focused on the sexual aspects of growth. Erikson earned his title as the father of lifespan development because his belief was that children continued to develop throughout their lifetime, yet he maps out the common tribulations that an individual faces during these times spans. They go as follows: birth to one year: trust verses mistrust, one to two years: autonomy verses shame, three to six years: initiative verses guilt, six to puberty: industry verses inferiority, teens to twenties: identity verses role confusion, twenties to early forties: intimacy verses isolation, forties to sixties: generativity verses stagnation, late sixties and beyond: integrity verses despair. Overall, Erikson was a firm believer in generativity and that nurture was what needed to mold
Jean Piaget was born in 1896 in Switzerland and is most noted for his research about early cognitive development. He was often referred to as a child prodigy and became published within the field at quite an early age. Piaget later began working with Binet, a psychologist, who was formulating what would later be the first intelligence test. By studying these children, Piaget devised a theory that children progressed from birth throughout adolescence in what he referred to as qualitatively different stages of cognitive development. The first …show more content…
Erikson focused on the social aspects of development, calling his theory the psychosocial stages of development; whereas Freud focused on the sexual aspects of growth. Erikson earned his title as the father of lifespan development because his belief was that children continued to develop throughout their lifetime, yet he maps out the common tribulations that an individual faces during these times spans. They go as follows: birth to one year: trust verses mistrust, one to two years: autonomy verses shame, three to six years: initiative verses guilt, six to puberty: industry verses inferiority, teens to twenties: identity verses role confusion, twenties to early forties: intimacy verses isolation, forties to sixties: generativity verses stagnation, late sixties and beyond: integrity verses despair. Overall, Erikson was a firm believer in generativity and that nurture was what needed to mold