Psychosocial Development Flashcards
(12 cards)
Trust vs mistrust
Realizes that survival & comfort needs will be met
Hope is integrated
Birth-18 months
Autonomy vs doubt & shame
Realizes that they can control bodily functions
Self- control will is integrated
2-4 years
Initiative vs guilt
Gains social skills and a gender role identity
Sense of purpose is integrated
Preschool age
Industry vs inferiority
Gains sense of security through peers and gains mastery over activities of their age group
Feeling of competency is integrated
Elementary school age
Self-identity vs role confusion
Begins to make choices about adult roles
With resolution of this identity crisis, a sense of Fidelity or membership with society is integrated
Adolescence
Intimacy & solidarity vs isolation
Establishes an intimate relationship with a partner and family
Capacity to love is achieved
Young adulthood
Generativity vs self absorption
Finds security in the contribution of their chosen personal/professional roles
Capacity to care is achieved
Middle adulthood
Integrity vs despair
Reflects on own value and shares with younger generation the knowledge gained
Wisdom acquired
Maturity, older adulthood
Sensorimotor period
Child uses sensory motor skills to develop an understanding of the world and progress from reflexive activity to the ability to use cognitive functions to combine and manipulate objects in play
Birth - 2 years
Preoperational period
Child progresses from dependence on perception and having an egocentric orientation to the use of logical thought to solve problems
Develops ability to engage in and enjoy symbolic and verbal play
2-7 years
Concrete operational
Child develops ability to use logical thinking on observed or mentally represented objects and enjoy games with rules which help the child adjust to social demands
7-11 years
Formal operations
Child develops ability to use logic to hypothesize many ways to solve problems and can draw from past and present experiences to imagine what can influence future situations
11 through teen years
