The Stage

Identify and describe Piaget's four stages of cognitive development. Be sure to explain the specific cognitive characteristics of each stage. Sensorimotor is the first stage where infants are only focused on the environment around them. They focus mainly on the things they see, things that are being done and the phsyical interactions. Infants are constantly experimenting things by shaking, throwing, putting things in their mouths. Preoperational is the second stage where young children use…

Erikson’s development stages and the identity system is what makes a person who they are. How Erikson explains each part of the stages of development, a person’s identity comes into play. Growing up all the way till the day a person dies, a person develops an ego that describes themselves and the identity of how they see themselves in the world and to others. From being born to eighteen months a baby starts to form their identity. With their identity and as they get older they would need to…

Erikson’s fifth stage of development Erik Erikson developed the psychosocial stages. He explained and came up with the Identity versus Identity confusion stage. This stage states that “Erikson’s fifth stage of psychosocial development, in which an adolescent seeks to develop a coherent sense of self, including the role she or he is to play in society.” (Papilia and Feldman, 2013: 390) Here Erikson described the adolescence stage, ages varying from 12 years to 18 years; this is the shift from…

Physical: -0 months: Turns head towards sounds and movements. Watches the face of an adult who is feeding them. Sleeps most of the time. See best at short distances. Physical growth is fast. -3 months: May begin to sit with support. Start to be able to grasp objects and can move them from one hand to the other. Will begin to crawl and even stand. -9 months: Starts to become more mobile between 9 and 18 months. Can explore its environment to an extent, e.g. can climb stairs but cannot get back…

Rachael, with her age and behavior falls into the third stage, learning initiative versus guilt. She makes a lot of decisions for herself such as, who she plays with and what activities they play. For example, she was telling me about all her friends at school and how she has “boyfriends” at school. She chooses who she interacts with at school. Also, on the first day I observed her the neighbor kids were over. She would only interact with the male friend and not girl. Who she decides to play…

Mr. Davis third graders are most likely around the ages of 8 and 9. This would place them in the Concrete Operational Stage in Piaget's Stages of Development. In this stage, the children are acquiring the ability to understand adult logic. This would make it seem that students would be able to comprehend how to go through with this experiment. This is not the case because these students are barely starting to understand logical thought. The children need guidance on how to go about doing this…

Freud with his theory of psychosexual stages, Maria Montessori with her theory of the planes of development, and lastly, John Piaget with his theory of cognitive development. Sigmund Freud traversed the depths of the human mind unlike anyone else in history. He was a pioneer of developmental psychology. Freud believed that if we explain our behaviors to others, we do not tell the full…

development based off Erikson’s stages of development. We met at a local coffee shop in Topeka that both of us were familiar with. I chose to study this particular stage of development because it is the one I am currently preparing the most for. The decisions I make today will prepare for and affect my future. The stage of development I am currently in will lead into a career, self-confidence, and building a family with a husband and children, which are all descriptors of the stage of…

psychological and social development Erik Erikson developed the Erikson theory which includes eight stages of psychosocial development. Each of these stages involves a crisis for whoever is developing (Swartz, de la Rey, Duncan & Townsend, 2011). This essay, however, will only focus on the fifth stage of psychosocial development. The fifth stage it is called “Identity vs Confusion” and is the stage which adolescents go through (Swartz et al., 2011). Through the use of examples of the struggles…

The four phases of Piaget's erudite person (or psychological) advancement are: Sensorimotor, birth through ages 18 two years where the babies are just mindful of what is instantly before them. They concentrate on what they see, what they are doing, and physical communications with their quick condition. Preoperational, the Toddlerhood (18 two years) through early adolescence (age 7) Where the youthful kids can consider things emblematically. Their dialect utilize turns out to be more…