Erikson's Psychosocial Development

Erik Erikson theory tells us how children learn by them developing their mental health, which includes social and emotional development (Mooney, 2013). Erikson feels we have different stages of development in life we must reach before becoming an adult or just growing up. The psychosocial development is the name of the stages in this development. Erikson also thinks this development can last a person’s entire life (Mooney,2013). He thinks a child learns the most while they are at a younger age. He feels the very first stage of his development is what bonds a parent and child’s relationship. He believes it also gets a child to learning his/her emotional and social development (Mooney,2013).
Erikson different Psychosocial stages goes in this order; Trust versus Mistrust, Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt, and Initiative versus Guilt. All these stages can be used and developed within a younger child’s mind (Mooney,2013). Erikson Trust versus Mistrust, is his first stage of development and it starts from a newborn to 12 months of age. He believes having attachments to babies, makes a baby feel secure and safe. Under this stage you will feel attachment and develop empathy for children (Mooney,2013). Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt is the second stage of development and it ranges from age 1-3 years. This is where children tend to become independent and dependent. Erikson stated that

Both of the artist, talks about the different stages a person goes throughout their life and how they adjust to those stages as well. Piaget and Erikson are both men who wanted to show the developmental stages of a human. Erikson and Piaget also wanted to show how each can have a different meaning behind those different stages. These two theories are all things that naturally happens on its own, depending on the person developing early or