Piaget: Sensorimotor

(Birth to 2 years old)

• Infants learn through senses and motor skills.
• Stranger anxiety.
• Seperation anxiety.
• Object permanence
• Learn through enviroment.

Erickson: Trust Vs. Mistrust

(Infant - birth to 1 year)

• Physical needs need to be met.
• Need for security and love.

Freud: Oral Stage

"meeting the needs"

(Infant - birth to 1 year)

• Mouth center of pleasure.
• Ex: Sucking, biting, chewing.

Piaget: Sensorimotor/Preoperational

(Toddler - 1 to 3 years old)

• Object permanence.
• Vocabulary at 300 words.
• Egocentric.

Erikson: Autonomy Vs. Shame and Doubt

(Toddler - 1 to 3 years old)

• Strive for control.
• NO! and temper tantrums.
• Wants and Needs to do for self.

Freud: Anal Stage

(Toddler - 1 to 3 years old)

• Anus/rectum are the centers of pleasure.
• Coping with demands for control.
• Focus on bowel and bladder elimination.

Piaget: Preoperational

(Preschool - 4 to 5 years old)

• Starts with egocentric thought, moves toward inituitive thought.
• Animism.
• Magical thinking.
• Imaginary playmates.
• Vocabulary: 2000 words.

Erickson: Initiative Vs. Guilt

(Preschool - 4 to 5 years old)

• Strive for independence.
• Sense of initiative.
• Imitation of adult behaviors.

Freud: Phallic Stage

(Preschool - 4 to 5 years old)

• Genitals center of pleasure.
• Gender identification.

Piaget: Concrete Operational.

(School Age - 6 to 12 years old)

• Able to think in logically and orderly manner.
• Conservation of matter.
• Structured enviroment.

Erikson: Industry Vs. Inferiority

(School Age - 6 to 12 years old)

• Aquire competency, success, and a sense of recognition.
• Build confidence and self-esteem.
• Same-sex peers.

Freud: Latency Stage

(School Age - 6 to 12 years old)

• Focus on physical and intellectual activities.
• Same sex play.

Piaget: Formal Operations

(Adolescence - 13 to 19 years old)

• Think abstractly.
• Capable of making decisions.
• Futuristic thinkers.

Erikson: Identity Vs. Role Confusion

(Adolescence - 13 to 19 years old)

• Discover who they are.
• Choices.
• Transitions.
• Stresses.

Freud: Genital Stage

(Adolescence - 13 to 19 years old)

• Focus on relationships.
• Maturation of sexual interests.

Piaget: Formal Operations (continued)

(Young Adult - 20 to 40 years old)

• Focus is on eduaction and work.
• Thinking more realistically.

Erikson: Intimacy Vs. Isolation

(Young Adult - 20 to 40 years old)

• Mastering surrounding world.
• True independence acheived. 
• Making relationships work.
• Managing household.

Piaget: Formal Operations (continued)

(Midlife Adulthood - 40 to 65 years old)

• Knowledge enhances through experiences.
• Abstract reasoning.

Erikson: Generativity Vs. Stagnation

(Midlife Adulthood - 40 to 65 years old).

• Need to give back to society.
• Need to feel needed.
• Community involvement.

Piaget: Formal Operations (continued)

*BUT! No normal changes.

(Older Adult - 65 years old to Death)

• 3 common changes in person.

1. Depression.
2. Dementia.
3. Delirium.

Erikson: Integrity Vs. Despair

(Older Adult - 65 years old to Death)

• Reflection of life.
• Adjusting to change.
• Acceptance.