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Infancy: The Social World
Trust vs. Mistrust: Erikson's first psychosocial stage where infants begin to trust the people taking care of them or mistrust ones that seem suspicious to them.
When I was 6 months old, I trusted my mom to hold me because she fed, held, and comforted me. -
Infancy: Body and Mind
Sensorimotor: the developmental stage where the infant begins to socially interact and learn through motor skills and sensations.
When I was a one year old, I used my fine motor skills (small body movements) to grasp a rattle. -
Early Childhood: The Social World
Initiative vs. Guilt: Erikson's 3rd psychosocial crisis stage where the child tries new skills and activities and feels guilty when they do not succeed in them.
When I was 4 years old, I tried to do a split in gymnastics, but I wasn't flexible enough so I felt guilty because I didn't succeed. -
Early Childhood: Body and Mind
Moral Development: the development that occurs in early childhood where the child learns morality through its foundations of emotions and social maturation. This includes nature vs. nurture, social behavior, types of aggression, and forms of punishment.
When I was 5 years old, I was put in timeout for being aggressive by hitting my brother because he took one of my favorite toys. -
Middle Childhood: Body and Mind
Concrete Operational: Piaget's third stage of the Cognitive development theory where children begin to think more logically and organized based off of experiences.
When I was 9, I was playing with modeling clay to make a fun sculpture for my art class and realized that if I mess up, I can form it back into a ball and start over again. -
Middle Childhood: The Social World
Industry vs. Inferiority: Erikson's 4th psychosocial stage characterized by tension between productivity and incompetence where children attempt to master valued skills and develop a sense of themselves.
When I was 10 years old, I began excelling at swimming, so my swim coach praised me and moved me up to the highest team possible. -
Adolescence: Body and Mind
Formal Operational Thought: Piaget's fourth and final stage of cognitive development characterized by more systematic logic and the ability to think about abstract ideas.
When I was 14 years old, I was placed in algebra 2, where I began to solve complex math equations with letters involved. -
Adolescence: The Social World
Identity vs. Role Confusion: Erikson's 5 stage of development where a person tries to figure out who they are as a unique individual in terms of roles, attitudes, beliefs, and aspirations.
When I turned 17 years old, I began to develop more of my own beliefs and began to place my identity more in Christ by reading my Bible and surrounding myself with other believers.