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Birth
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Infancy
Infancy is the time from birth until the time the infant can walk. This lasts for about 12 months -
Grasping Reflex
When an infants hand is touched, he or she will grasp whatever touched them. It's an automatic response to the stimuli and lasts about 6 months -
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development: Trust v. Mistrust
Can I trust the world? This occurs during early infancy -
Babinski Reflex Disappears
When something is rubbed across the bottom of a baby's foot, he or she will grab towards it. Once that reflex is gone, they will curl away from it. This lasts for about a year -
Freud's Stages of psychosexual development: Oral
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Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development: Sensorimotor
Birth to 1.5 years, the infant discovers the world by using their senses (mostly taste and touch). Object permanence and separation anxiety begin to develop during this period. -
Rooting Reflex
this reflex makes newborns to turn their head to something that touched them near the mouth. This allows them to breast feed easily and it lasts for about 18 months -
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development: Autonomy v. Shame/Doubt
What can I do by myself? This lasts from age 1 to age 3 -
Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development: Anal Stage
Pleasure is focused on eliminations -
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Childhood
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Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development: Initiative v. Guilt
Am I a good or bad kid? This lasts from ages 3-6 -
Freud's Phallic Stage
Pleasure is focused on the genitals 3-6 years -
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development: Preoccupational
At ages 1.5-7 years they use symbols (words and images) to represent objects. They don't know how to reason logically. He or she an learn how to pretend. They are also highly egocentric during this time period. -
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development: Concrete
This occurs at 7-11 years. He or she can begin to think logically about concrete objects and can add/subtract. They can understand conservation and they can classify objects better. -
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development: Industry v. Inferiority
Am I successful or a failure? This phase lasts from around age 6-12 -
Freud's Latency Stage
Doesn't think about sex, worries more on the fact of making friends and gaining intellect 6 yrs- puberty -
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development: Identity v. Role Confusion
The person is trying to figure out who they are as an individual. This occurs during their early teen years -
Gets License
This milestone is important to many adolescents because it gives them more independence and responsibility. They are becoming more of an adult by being able to drive around by themselves -
Turning 18
He or she is now a legal US adult. There is the moral requirements to be a good person, but now the fear that what you may do may end you in jail. -
Graduating College
This is a step towards becoming an 'adult' and relying on themselves. They enter the 'real world' by having a serious job and dealing with adulthood problems -
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development: Intimacy v. Isolation
The person is trying to figure ou who they want to spend their life with, if they want to spend their life with someone. This ocurs during their early adulthood. -
Ault Male Crises
Near the age of 30, a man refelcts on his first period of life and decides on if he needs to readjust his life to be more content -
Marriage
He or she will now have someone to hopefully spend the rest of their life with, and to share everything with. They deal with problems together and share financial hardships. -
Having Kids
Having a kid means that the child is fully dependent on you and whatever you can do affects the child. There is the responsibility of making sure that the child is properly cared for and ends up as a good person. -
Empty Nest Syndrome
When the last child of the household leaves, women become happier and feel free. She will most likely focus on interests she suppressed while raising her child or on new interests -
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development: Generativity v. Stagnation
The person wonders if they'll succeed in life and if they can give back to the community. THis occurs during the middle of the adulthood stage. -
Retiring
This marks the end of their life as a working person and they can devote their time and energy to passion that they had to give up previously. -
Onset of Alzheimer's
This is a neurological disease that deteriorates parts of the Brain, including the memory, making the patient more forgetful of memories. After a period of time with this disease, he/she will be unable to recognize loved ones or understand questions. Alzheimer's occurs around age 80 -
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development: Ego Integrity v. Despair
The person wonders if they've lived a full life and how content they may be with it. This occurs when they are an older adult -
Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
levels: pre conventional , conventional, and post conventionalPre conventional: 2 stages Stage 1: obedience and punishment (mom gets mad)Stage 2: instrumental relativist (bargaining)Conventional: 2 stagesStage 3: good kid (teacher doesn't like it) Stage 4: law and order (it's against the law)Post conventional: 2 stagesStage 5: social contract (society made a law against stealing, the law benefits society)Stage 6: universal ethics principal (not stealing because it is morally wrong) -
Kubler Ross' Stages of Death and Dying
Denial: The person claims that what is being said cant be true or that it is the wrong person Anger: he or she gets mad that this has occurred and obviously doesn't like itBargaining: Try to give up one or multiple things so that the person can come backDepression: they focus on the loss and how it affects them and their daily life. Acceptance: there is a calamity towards the situation and peace within.
