Erikson was a psychologist and a psychoanalyst. Piaget was a psychologist and a biologist. Erikson’s theory is a psychoanalytic theory and Piaget’s theory is a cognitive theory. Erikson thought that human behavior is based on the social part of life and on how people interact with other people. He also thought that a human's lifestyle changes throughout their lifetime. Piaget’s thought that life development was based on organization and adaptation. He also thought that human development occurred more during younger ages than older ages. Erikson’s theory had eight different stages to what he thought was life development. Piaget's theory went through four stages. Parts of both of their theories fit together but each stage had a different aspect …show more content…
They are both psychologist. They both state that each stage has different affects and challenges. Throughout both of their theories the stages grow off each other and can lead to positive or negative situations. They thought that a person's personality keeps expanding through their life. Society impacts children more than adults because the children see and hear new things. Biology was not a big factor in either of the theories but they both did stress that people understand themselves in one of their stages of life. They also thought that children should start being independent as a child. Neither Erikson nor Piaget was fully correct on the stages of development (Leaf Group Ltd., 2017). They both thought that life went a certain way (Heffner, …show more content…
Both of their theories have similarities but as life keeps going they start to differ from each others theories. Parts of their theories have helped find the correct information for what actually happens in human life development. Citations Santrock, J. W. (2015). Life-span development (Fifteenth ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. Leaf Group Ltd. (2017). Similarities Between Piaget & Erickson. Retrieved September 22, 2017, from http://classroom.synonym.com/similarities-between-piaget-erickson-8526604.html Schlozman, S. (2017). What Are Some Of The Major Theories Of Development? Retrieved September 22, 2017, from http://www.mghclaycenter.org/ Heffner, C. L. (2017). Chapter 3: Section 3: Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development. Retrieved September 22, 2017, from
...ory like hope and will also successfully analyze my childhood as well. I think Erikson’s stage theory is the more convincing theory because each stage of this theory examines each part of life and I feel that it is accurate when it comes to my childhood and puberty. This theory explains behaviors throughout the life cycle and we can grasp a better understanding of why people are the way they are through this theory.
Piaget’s theory is consistent and has contributed to how we think about education. The theory supports the child’s need to explore and to practice trial and error in the process of learning (Mooney, 2000, p. 62). Piaget’s theory is weakened by his lack of rigorous scientific research methods and the lack of diversity by using his own children as test subjects. Piaget’s instructions for his tests were complicated and limited the possible outcomes (Lourenco & Machado, 1996,
Like Piaget Erikson also has a theory on how children develop and this is called Erikson’s Psychosocial
Erikson’s theory, developed in 1963, supports the idea that early life experiences impact an individual across their lifespan. This theory considers that the growth of an individual is a result of interaction with the environment, biological maturation and societal influences, therefore, allowing for experiences from early life, to influence an individual throughout their lifespan (White, Hayes, and Livesey, 2009). Erikson’s theory focuses on eight different developmental stages within a lifespan and in order to progress from one stage to another, an individual must overcome a potential crisis of two opposing forces at each stage. There are two types of resolution of each stage, successful and unsuccessful. If an individual is
Eric Erikson was one of the most famous theorists of the twentieth century; he created many theories. One of the most talked about theories is his theory of psychosocial development. This is a theory that describes stages in which an individual should pass as they are going through life. His theory includes nine stages all together. The original theory only included eight stages but Erikson‘s wife found a ninth stage and published it after his death. The nine stages include: trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. identity confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, integrity vs. despair, and hope and faith vs. despair (Crandell and Crandell, p.35-36)).
Erikson believed that people develop in psychosocial stages. He emphasized developmental change throughout the human life span. In Erikson's theory, eight stages of development result as we go through the life span. Each stage consists of a crisis that must be faced. According to Erikson, this crisis is not a catastrophe but a turning point. The more an individual resolves the crises successfully, the healthier development will be.
Jean Piaget was one of the most prominent researchers of the 20th century in the field of psychology and human development. He concentrated his attention on the biological influences on the psychological portrait of the person and developmental stages. Piaget pointed out that the development of a person passes through certain stages; each stage can be characterized by specific features. He argued that learning about the world was possible through personal experience. However, his inspiration of developing the idea of cognitive growth and changes of people came while researching child behavior. Moreover, it is important to note that his research was based on the observation of behavior of his own three children (Berlin, Zeanah & Lieberman, 2008).
All three theorists have something interesting and factual about the stages of development. I can only conclude that each one of them can help teachers like me to increase the awareness of students’ development and maturity. This gives us an opportunity to increase student’s learning and help them develop and grow up in healthy ways.
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Psychosocial development is development on a social realm. Psychosocial development is how one develops their mind, maturity level, and emotions over the course of one’s life. The rate of development depends on different factors such as biological processes as well as environmental factors. A man named Erik Erikson who was a psychoanalyst who believed that early childhood successes and failures were responsible for influencing later developmental stages developed this theory. Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is based around the theory that social experience has an impact over an entire lifespan. There are eight stages developmental stages of development in the psychosocial theory and I will briefly examine all eight stages in this
Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development were complex, but simple. It is something everyone will go through and experiences will always be different. The lack of reinforcement to the positive aspects of his stages can lead to quite a disaster. Surprisingly, previous stages are highly influential to the proceeding stage. The lack of reinforcement to the positive aspects of his psychosocial stages can have a very devastating effect on a person. This is because the effects built up rather than taking the place of one another. The effects are quite horrifying, but with the right environment, experiences and beliefs, everything can go well.
Erikson’s developmental theory was very detailed as compared to Freud. His theory describes the influence of social experiences in one’s life; however Freud described development based on sexuality. Another major difference between Freud and Erikson’s developmental theory is the end result of the stages. Freud believed that when fixation occurs in one stage, the problems occur associated with that stage would be permanent. However Erikson claims that the outcome of a particular stage is temporary and can be altered by experiences in later years.
...ed to these two theories. Piaget’s theory seems to focus more heavily on nature since every child has to go through the processes that he describes. Kohlberg views the person as able to actively interact with his or her environment. While the individual cannot fully change the environment, the environment can fully mold the individual. A person’s actions are the result of his or her feelings, thoughts, behaviors, and experiences and thus Kohlberg’s theory stresses the importance of the element of nurture. The two theories are similar in that both believe that the stages of development are hierarchical in that later stages of development build on earlier ones. Furthermore, both theorists believed that the stages of development imply qualitative differences in children’s thinking and ways of solving problems (Bissell). Thus, these two theories have both similarities and differences in the way in which they describe human development.
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development focuses on the concept of schemas and cognitive thought that helps an individual organize knowledge and understand the world in comparison to Erikson’s theory which focuses on conflicts that arise between and within the ego. Accommodation and assimilation occur throughout Piaget’s theory as a result of children