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._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |