PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, Egocentrism
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We are motivated by a need to achieve competence in certain areas of our lives. Emphasis on the social nature of our development rather than its sexual nature. Proposed that personality development takes place all through the lifespan. Suggested that how we interact with others is what affects our sense of self/identity. Description trust others based on whether or not they provide your basic needs. Confusion take initiative and feel guilt upon failure con dence when competent, inferiority when fail explore different identities until one does or doesn"t t. Despair productive member of society and achieve all life goals feel gratitude and satisfaction when re ection upon life experiences. or not . Believed thinking is a central aspect of development and that children are natural inquisitive. Believed that children were not as advanced cognitively as adults. Children develop schemata : concepts that are used to help categorise and interpret information.
