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Stages of development: in psychology, development stages are infancy (0-2 years), early childhood (2-6), middle childhood (6-12), adolescence (12-18). The theory of Erik Erikson counts 8 stages, e.g., trust vs. mistrust, autonomy, identity). Jean Piaget's theory has 4 stages (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete & formal operational) describing how thinking abilities progress in childhood. See also Developmental psychology, J. Piaget, E. Erikson.
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Erik Erikson on Stages of Development - Dictionary of Arguments

Upton I 14
Stages of development/Erikson/Upton: EriksonVsFreud: thesis: development continued across the lifespan, rather than our childhood experiences determining our adult psychological health.
Eight stages of development from infancy to late adulthood, the “Eight Ages of Man” (Erikson 1963(1): 1. Infancy; 2. Early childhood; 3.Preschool; 4. School age; 5.Adolescence; 6. Young adulthood; 7. Middle adulthood; 8. Maturity.
In each stage the person confronts, and hopefully masters, new challenges. Each stage builds on the successful completion of earlier stages. As with Freud’s theory, the challenges of stages not successfully completed are likely to reappear as problems in the future.
>Psychological development
, >Adulthood, >School entry, >Adolescence, >S. Freud.


1. Erikson, EH (1963) Childhood and Society (2nd edn). New York: Norton.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.
Erikson, Erik
Upton I
Penney Upton
Developmental Psychology 2011


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