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7. Erikson’s Life and Psychosocial Developmental Stages

Rhoda Okunev1  
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Tamarac, FL, USA
 

Piaget’s theories surmise how the evolution of motor and mental schemas help in the development of cognitive abilities of children. Erik Erikson, who developed a true lifespan model, describes the individualized social development of each individual while elaborating on the developmental stages that all humans encounter. He lived from 1902 to 1994. Today much of the psychosocial development for infants and children and, particularly, for tweens, teen and adults seem to be overlooked. ...

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