PSY BEH 113D Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud, Cognitive Development
13 Jan 2020
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Psychological development takes place during five psychosexual stages: Adult personality largely shaped during childhood (particularly during first 5 years) Refinement and application of existing capacities and skills. Extensive change from birth to adolescence (especially during infancy), little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age. Emphasize developmental change throughout adulthood as well as childhood. Specific achievements that people are expected to accomplish in a given. Notion of normative crises of development life period. Roles and significant life events lead to change and development". Developmental tasks interaction between individual and multiple levels over time. Development is continuous throughout the entire lifespan, occurring in stages. Each life period is characterized by key tasks that arise from biological (physical maturation), social (norms and expectations), and personal forces (needs and aspirations) Accomplishing tasks feelings of happiness and self-worth. Failing to accomplish tasks unhappiness and difficulty with future tasks. Six major stages from birth to old age (with specific tasks)
