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THEORIES OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

What are the DIFFERENT THEORIES OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT?

FREUD'S PSYCHOSEXUAL THEORY

0-18 mos.: ORAL STAGE
AREA OF GRATIFICATION: Mouth

18mos-3years: ANAL STAGE
AREA OF GRATIFlCATION: Bowels

3-6years: PHALLIC STAGE
AREA OF GRATIFICATION: Genitals

6-12years: LATENCY (Quiet stage)
AREA OF GRATIFICATION: None, sexual energy is diverted to play activities

12-21years: GENITAL STAGE
AREA OF GRATIFICATION: Secondary sex characteristics, reawakening of sexual drives

ERIKSON'S PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY

O-12mos.: TRUST VS. MISTRUST
  • If the needs of the child are consistently met TRUST develops
1-3years: AUTONOMY VS. SHAME AND DOUBT
  • If toilet training is not hurried, AUTONOMY develops
3-6years: INITIATIVE VS. GUILT
  • If the childs' sexual curiosity is handled without anxiety, INITIATIVE develops
6-12years: INDUSTRY VS. INFERIORITY
  • If the child's efforts at learning is supported, INDUSTRY develops
12-18years: IDENTITY VS. ROLE DIFFUSION
  • If the adolescents' vocational decision is supported, IDENTITY develops
18-25years: INTIMACY VS. ISOLATION
  • If the adolescents' decisions regarding love relationship is supported, INTIMACY develops
25-65years: GENERATIVITY VS. STAGNATION
  • If an adult enjoys' support from the family,GENERATIVITY develops
65 above: INTEGRITY VS. DESPAIR
  • If the elderly has a satisfying past recollection, INTEGRITY develops
PIAGET'S COGNITIVE THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT

0-2years: SENSORY MOTOR
  • Development proceeds from reflex activity to sensory motor learning
  • Child learns that he is separate from the environment
  • Child learns the concept of object permanence e.g.: peek-a-boo
2-7years: PRE-OPERATIONAL STAGE
  • 2-4 years: pre-conceptual: development proceeds from sensory motor learning to prelogical thought
  • The child learns language and symbols
  • 4-7 years; intuitive thought: the child is able to think in terms of class
  • The child is able to determine that individuals have roles
7-12 years: CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE
  • Development proceeds from pre-logical to logical concrete thought
12-ADULTHOOD: FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE
  • The child is able to think abstractly,able to apply the scientific method