over several sessions with “Jean” who is in the late adult stage of life. Jean resides at an assisted care facility in Sherman Oaks‚ California. She is a widow‚ her husband of over 50 years having passed away some six years ago. She had an elder brother who also is deceased. She has three adult children and six grandchildren‚ four of whom are adults. She is 83 years old and is in Erikson’s eighth and final stage of psychosocial development. Erikson characterized the psychosocial crisis of this
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Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. By the age of 2‚ the child should have completed the first stage‚ the sensorimotor period. The child should have mastered the concept of object permanence (i.e.‚ an object doesn’t cease to exist just because it cannot be seen). In addition‚ the child should exhibit some form of reasoning. Movements and thoughts are no longer carried out by the entire body. As a result‚ thinking and movements should become more complex. Piaget’s second stage‚ the stage of preoperational
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children it is important that we understand their development. Children develop in an individual way and at varying rates. There are various stages of development such as physical‚ cognitive‚ linguistic‚ spiritual‚ social and emotional. They all are equally important and all have an impact on each other. I’m going to talk through and give you a brief description of some of the areas of development. Physical development refers to the development of large muscles also known as gross motor and small
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When I want to make sense of my past‚ present‚ and future‚ I consider my life in terms of Erickson’s eight psychosocial stages (as cited in Kail & Cavanaugh‚ 2014‚ p. 10). These stages bring a sense of clarity and order to my journey‚ making it more understandable to my psychology-oriented mind. My white‚ middle-class‚ relatively carefree childhood provided the framework for me to work out my first few life tasks unobstructed. My caregivers met my basic needs for food and affection‚ and I learned
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. Piaget sensorimotor stage starts at birth and ends at around 2. Piaget chose the name for this stage because infants learn about the world through sensory experiences. This stage can be divided into 6 different stages‚ the first being simple reflexes. Infants are born with little to no reflexes and they quickly learn sucking and rooting to survive. The next stage is the first habits and primary circular reactions. This is when an infant picks up two different schemes. A schemes is a learned habit
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We go through many stages in our childhood that help develop a sense of who we are. Its starts off with physical things such as recognizing ourselves as a separate being from others. This is shown though mirror recondition first‚ then as we begin to speak we learn to refer to ourselves by using pronouns. Preschoolers begin in the stage of initiative versus guilt‚ typically find themselves in the things they are capable of doing. When they move into the school age they move into the industry versus
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In this essay‚ I will examine Erikson ’s Developmental Theory known as his ’Theory of Psychosocial Development. ’ The focus of this assignment will be centred on the psychological growth during Erikson ’s first three stages of development‚ spanning from birth to the age of four‚ or five. However‚ I will also briefly investigate the later periods of development in order to fully disclose the essence of Erikson ’s groundbreaking theory. Before my onslaught into this‚ the core of this essay‚ I will
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Woolfolk( 2010)‚”Cognitive development gradual orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated”. Psychologist and philosopher Jean Piaget is known as an significant figure in studies of cognition with children”. According to Piaget‚ “there are four stages of cognitive development an individual passes through‚ each stage is marked by shifts in how children understand and interact with the world around them‚ (1) sensor motor stage‚ (2) Preoperational stage‚ (3) Concrete operational
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PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT: THEORIES Personality Development has been a major topic of interest for some of the most prominent thinkers in psychology. Our personality is what make us unique‚ but how exactly do we become who we are today? In order to answer this question‚ many prominent theorists developed stage theories to describe various steps and stages that occur on the road of personality development. The following theories focus on various aspects of personality development‚ including
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Social and Moral Development As children grow and develop‚ they go through a variety of stages responsible for their social and moral development. The stages that Kohlberg has presented provide a framework of information that we are able to gather data from and identify behaviors as the child progresses through normal human development. Just like most things‚ social and moral development is molded by the surrounding environment and individual interactions. Just like the many other factors that
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