Development

Theories of Development and Application Stephanie Bates Argosy University General Psychology | PSY101 A03 Natasha Vannoy 9/15/2015 Abstract This assignment will discuss the human development and age-related changes that happen throughout one’s life. I will discuss a few well known psychologist, which will include Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Kohlberg, who conducted studies in human development which they classify as a progression of…

levels with six stages. Moral development is dynamic; it continues to develop throughout ones lifespan and the path varies from person to person. The moral development of an individual is directly related to the likelihood of becoming a criminal and maintaining a delinquent status in society’s eyes. There are three basic principles that appeal to psychologists who study criminality: (1) the actions and behavior of an adult are understood in terms of childhood development, (2) Behavior and…

The sixth stage is intimacy vs. isolation in which development occurs in early adulthood between ages nineteen to thirty-nine (Evans, Forney, Guido, Patton, & Renn, 2010). During this stage of development young adults develop close relationships in the hopes of having a secure and committed relationship in the future. In this stage it is important to have a strong sense of personal identity. Those who do not develop committed relationship are more likely to suffer from emotional isolation,…

Erik Erikson 's Theory of Psychosocial Development Erik Erikson 's Theory of Psychosocial Development is the theory that as we go throughout our lives we experience eight essential stages in our lives. Each corresponding stage has a correlating virtue or vice alongside an existential question that the person may subconsciously wonder as they move on throughout their psychosocial development. Erik Erikson was an ego psychologist greatly influenced by the Id psychologist, Sigmund Freud.…

moral views, that can be influence by personal feelings, a group of other people or by the care for humanities as a whole. As people grow and mature, they go through a moral development causing them to change their moral views. Many argue that moral development is impossible to achieve, but other have proven that moral development is possible. As an individual matures or is faced by a crisis that their current mode of thinking is unable to satisfactorily resolve, people move beyond their…

situations. Psychologist Eric Erikson identified eight distance psychosocial stages of development, each of which consist of a set of elements such as stage, psychosocial crisis, basic virtue, and age. For example stage one is comprised of the psychosocial crisis of trust…

Moral development, based on Kohlberg’s theory, states that children undergo levels and stages of morals through the years of growing up; mainly in childhood. The theory says that they’re three levels — pre-conventional, conventional, and postconventional morality. Within those three levels, they’re two stages in each level: thus, having six stages in total. The stages themselves describe a child's behavior and their thinking. But, not every child goes through the same levels and stages at the…

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 work in child development. Piaget’s theory was that children from different ages have different cognitive understandings. He realized through research that children’s learning is effected by the environment they live in and the adults in their lives. Piaget’s theory justifies the idea that children are learning everyday from what is being seen but most importantly what is being said. Jean Piaget research on children’s growth is now known as Jean Piaget cognitive development theory. This…

According to Kohlberg, Ryan is in the “post conventional” stage of his development where he is beginning to develop his own beliefs and values. During the formation of his beliefs he will begin to test them to make sure that is what he beliefs in. During this stage Ryan is not worried about following others beliefs (his parents) rather be able to form his own beliefs without the influence of anyone else. During adolescence, Ryan is becoming more realistic about the world he lives in. In order…