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Piaget
(Adaptations, Assimilation and Accommodation) - Correct Answers ✅0-1
Sensory-Motor
2-4 Preoperational Period
5-7 "
8-12 Concrete Operations period
13-18 formal Operations period
19-21
21 +
50 +
Freud (Libido) - Correct Answers ✅0-1 Oral
2-4 Anal
Oedipal/Phallic
8-12 Latency
13-18 Genital
19-21 "
21+ "
50 + "
Erickson
(Stage conflict) - Correct Answers ✅0-1 Trust vs. Mistrust (stage #1)
2-4 Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt (stage #2)
5-7 Initiative vs. Guilt (stage #3)
8-12 Industry vs. Inferiority (stage #4)
13-18 Identity vs. Role Diffusion, confusion (stage #5)
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19-21 Intimacy Vs. Isolation (stage #6)
21 + Generativity vs. Stagnation (stage #7)
50 + Integrity vs. Despair (stage #8)
Trust vs. Mistrust (stage 1) 0-1 - Correct Answers ✅During infancy (0-1)
the child is dependent on mother for food and care. As the child incorporates
or takes in through sucking and swallowing; there is a receptivity to what is
being offered. The mother is responsible for coordinating the child's
experience of getting and hers of giving. At the latter part of this stage the
child's eyes begin to focus and incorporation becomes more active as the
child bites to "hold onto" things. If the mother provides a predictable
environment in which the child's needs are met, a sense of basic trust will
develop. This sense of trust implies not only sameness and continuity from
the caretaker, but also self-trust in one's capacity to cope with urges.
According to Erickson, it is the quality rather than the quantity of maternal
care that is critical at this stage. Successful resolution will lead to a lasting
ego quality of hope, an enduring belief that wishes can be fulfilled.
Unsuccessful resolution will lead to a sense of mistrust in other people and
the environment.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (stage 2) 2-3 - Correct Answers ✅During
early childhood (2-3) the child learns a sense of autonomy through retention
and elimination of urine and feces. As the child's muscles mature to the point
that bodily wastes can be retained or expelled at will, the child experiments
with two simultaneous social modalities "holding on" and "letting go."
Parents must be firm and tolerant so that the child can gradually learn bowel
and bladder control and a "sense of self-control without loss of self esteem."
From this emerges a sense of autonomy and pride, and the lasting ego
quality of WILL POWER, the determination to use free choice and self-
restraint. Unsuccessful resolution of this stage will lead to lifelong feelings of
shame and doubt.
Initiative vs. Guilt (stage 3) 3-5 - Correct Answers ✅During the play age
(3-5), increased locomotor mastery (walking and running) gives the child a
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wider radius of goals. In addition, language skills add to the ability to imagine
"so many things he cannot avoid frightening himself with what he himself
has created and thought up." The Oedipal wishes and the ambivalent
feelings that accompany them must be repressed in order to temporarily
mask the initiative toward the opposite sex parent. While this initiative is a
prerequisite for masculine and feminine behaviors later in life, it is now
repressed of necessity-in order to avoid the guilt that would accompany
knowledge of incestuous thoughts. Parents assist the child in learning
appropriate roles, including gender roles, as the child diverts the sexual drive
into acceptable activities. At this point conscience, or superego, becomes
established to govern the initiative. Proper resolution of this stage leads to a
lasting ego quality of purpose, the courage to pursue goals. Unsuccessful
resolution leads to feeling of shame.
Industry vs. Inferiority (stage 4) 6-12 - Correct Answers ✅The child now
enters the school age (6-12) and is enmeshed in the "world" of school and
opportunities for new types of mastery. As children develop their abilities in
new skills and tasks, they desire recognition gained from producing things.
Through this, they develop a sense of industry and a lasting ego quality of
competence. Unsuccessful resolution of this stage leads to life long feelings
of inferiority and inadequacy.
Identity vs. Role Confusion (stage 5) 12-18 - Correct Answers ✅As the
child approaches adolescence (12-18 or so), physical and hormonal changes
mark the beginning of puberty. Rapid growth and physical genital maturity
disrupt the earlier continuity of childhood. This stage is perhaps the most
important for Erikson, as the adolescent must now forge a lasting ego
identity through aligning his or her basic dries, endowments, and
opportunities. A sense of ego identity is "the accrued confidence that ones
ability to maintain inner sameness and continuity...is matched by the
sameness and continuity of ones meaning for others. Thus, self-esteem
grows to be a conviction that one is learning effective steps toward a
tangible future, that one is developing a defined personality within a social
reality which one understands. As the adolescent struggles to integrate past
and future views of self and begins to define new appropriate sex roles, an
identity crisis may emerge from this confusion. New expectations from
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parents may add to this stress. Tolerance, understanding, and guidance in
the home can assist the adolescent in achieving an integrated identity.
Unsuccessful resolution can result in either role confusion or identity
diffusion, a state in which the individual is left with strong doubts about who
he or she "is." This may lead to delinquency, psychotic incidents, or over-
identification with others. Youths who emerge with a strong sense of identity
and individuality gain a lasting ego quality of fidelity or freely pledges
loyalties.
Intimacy vs. Isolation (stage 6) (early to late 20s) - Correct Answers
✅Young adulthood (early to late 20s) brings an end to the years of childhood
and youth. It is now time for choosing a career, socializing with the opposite
sex, and eventually marriage and raising a family. Interpersonal intimacy is
the task of this stage, encompassing both psychological and sexual intimacy.
Failure to achieve intimacy leads to isolation, an inability to develop intimate
and meaningful relationship. The person who cannot be intimate will likely be
self-absorbed. Proper resolution of this stage leads to a lasting ego quality of
love, or mutuality of devotion.
Generativity vs. Stagnation (stage 7) (late 20s-50s) - Correct Answers
✅During adulthood (last 20s-50s), maturity geniality (in the Freudian sense)
leads to procreation and establishing guidance for the next generation. those
who do not apply this to their own offspring must sublimate and find outlets
in altruistic activities. According to Erikson, simply wanting or having children
is insufficient for completion of this stage. Rather, an active role and a "belief
in the species" leads to efforts to make the world a better place for future
generations. Unsuccessful resolution of this stage results in a sense of
stagnation or self-indulgence that reflection interpersonal impoverishment.
Successful resolution of this stage can be seen in the lasting ego quality of
care, or concern for others.
Integrity vs. Despair (after 50) - Correct Answers ✅Late adulthood (after
50) is a period of retrospective reflection about one's own life and
acceptance of the eventual end of life. If, at the end of the life cycle, one can
accept responsibility for past choices and find meaning and contentment in
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Piaget
(Adaptations, Assimilation and Accommodation) - Correct Answers ✅0-1
Sensory-Motor
2-4 Preoperational Period
5-7 "
8-12 Concrete Operations period
13-18 formal Operations period
19-21
21 +
50 +
Freud (Libido) - Correct Answers ✅0-1 Oral
2-4 Anal
Oedipal/Phallic
8-12 Latency
13-18 Genital
19-21 "
21+ "
50 + "
Erickson
(Stage conflict) - Correct Answers ✅0-1 Trust vs. Mistrust (stage #1)
2-4 Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt (stage #2)
5-7 Initiative vs. Guilt (stage #3)
8-12 Industry vs. Inferiority (stage #4)
13-18 Identity vs. Role Diffusion, confusion (stage #5)
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19-21 Intimacy Vs. Isolation (stage #6)
21 + Generativity vs. Stagnation (stage #7)
50 + Integrity vs. Despair (stage #8)
Trust vs. Mistrust (stage 1) 0-1 - Correct Answers ✅During infancy (0-1)
the child is dependent on mother for food and care. As the child incorporates
or takes in through sucking and swallowing; there is a receptivity to what is
being offered. The mother is responsible for coordinating the child's
experience of getting and hers of giving. At the latter part of this stage the
child's eyes begin to focus and incorporation becomes more active as the
child bites to "hold onto" things. If the mother provides a predictable
environment in which the child's needs are met, a sense of basic trust will
develop. This sense of trust implies not only sameness and continuity from
the caretaker, but also self-trust in one's capacity to cope with urges.
According to Erickson, it is the quality rather than the quantity of maternal
care that is critical at this stage. Successful resolution will lead to a lasting
ego quality of hope, an enduring belief that wishes can be fulfilled.
Unsuccessful resolution will lead to a sense of mistrust in other people and
the environment.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (stage 2) 2-3 - Correct Answers ✅During
early childhood (2-3) the child learns a sense of autonomy through retention
and elimination of urine and feces. As the child's muscles mature to the point
that bodily wastes can be retained or expelled at will, the child experiments
with two simultaneous social modalities "holding on" and "letting go."
Parents must be firm and tolerant so that the child can gradually learn bowel
and bladder control and a "sense of self-control without loss of self esteem."
From this emerges a sense of autonomy and pride, and the lasting ego
quality of WILL POWER, the determination to use free choice and self-
restraint. Unsuccessful resolution of this stage will lead to lifelong feelings of
shame and doubt.
Initiative vs. Guilt (stage 3) 3-5 - Correct Answers ✅During the play age
(3-5), increased locomotor mastery (walking and running) gives the child a
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wider radius of goals. In addition, language skills add to the ability to imagine
"so many things he cannot avoid frightening himself with what he himself
has created and thought up." The Oedipal wishes and the ambivalent
feelings that accompany them must be repressed in order to temporarily
mask the initiative toward the opposite sex parent. While this initiative is a
prerequisite for masculine and feminine behaviors later in life, it is now
repressed of necessity-in order to avoid the guilt that would accompany
knowledge of incestuous thoughts. Parents assist the child in learning
appropriate roles, including gender roles, as the child diverts the sexual drive
into acceptable activities. At this point conscience, or superego, becomes
established to govern the initiative. Proper resolution of this stage leads to a
lasting ego quality of purpose, the courage to pursue goals. Unsuccessful
resolution leads to feeling of shame.
Industry vs. Inferiority (stage 4) 6-12 - Correct Answers ✅The child now
enters the school age (6-12) and is enmeshed in the "world" of school and
opportunities for new types of mastery. As children develop their abilities in
new skills and tasks, they desire recognition gained from producing things.
Through this, they develop a sense of industry and a lasting ego quality of
competence. Unsuccessful resolution of this stage leads to life long feelings
of inferiority and inadequacy.
Identity vs. Role Confusion (stage 5) 12-18 - Correct Answers ✅As the
child approaches adolescence (12-18 or so), physical and hormonal changes
mark the beginning of puberty. Rapid growth and physical genital maturity
disrupt the earlier continuity of childhood. This stage is perhaps the most
important for Erikson, as the adolescent must now forge a lasting ego
identity through aligning his or her basic dries, endowments, and
opportunities. A sense of ego identity is "the accrued confidence that ones
ability to maintain inner sameness and continuity...is matched by the
sameness and continuity of ones meaning for others. Thus, self-esteem
grows to be a conviction that one is learning effective steps toward a
tangible future, that one is developing a defined personality within a social
reality which one understands. As the adolescent struggles to integrate past
and future views of self and begins to define new appropriate sex roles, an
identity crisis may emerge from this confusion. New expectations from
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parents may add to this stress. Tolerance, understanding, and guidance in
the home can assist the adolescent in achieving an integrated identity.
Unsuccessful resolution can result in either role confusion or identity
diffusion, a state in which the individual is left with strong doubts about who
he or she "is." This may lead to delinquency, psychotic incidents, or over-
identification with others. Youths who emerge with a strong sense of identity
and individuality gain a lasting ego quality of fidelity or freely pledges
loyalties.
Intimacy vs. Isolation (stage 6) (early to late 20s) - Correct Answers
✅Young adulthood (early to late 20s) brings an end to the years of childhood
and youth. It is now time for choosing a career, socializing with the opposite
sex, and eventually marriage and raising a family. Interpersonal intimacy is
the task of this stage, encompassing both psychological and sexual intimacy.
Failure to achieve intimacy leads to isolation, an inability to develop intimate
and meaningful relationship. The person who cannot be intimate will likely be
self-absorbed. Proper resolution of this stage leads to a lasting ego quality of
love, or mutuality of devotion.
Generativity vs. Stagnation (stage 7) (late 20s-50s) - Correct Answers
✅During adulthood (last 20s-50s), maturity geniality (in the Freudian sense)
leads to procreation and establishing guidance for the next generation. those
who do not apply this to their own offspring must sublimate and find outlets
in altruistic activities. According to Erikson, simply wanting or having children
is insufficient for completion of this stage. Rather, an active role and a "belief
in the species" leads to efforts to make the world a better place for future
generations. Unsuccessful resolution of this stage results in a sense of
stagnation or self-indulgence that reflection interpersonal impoverishment.
Successful resolution of this stage can be seen in the lasting ego quality of
care, or concern for others.
Integrity vs. Despair (after 50) - Correct Answers ✅Late adulthood (after
50) is a period of retrospective reflection about one's own life and
acceptance of the eventual end of life. If, at the end of the life cycle, one can
accept responsibility for past choices and find meaning and contentment in
