NAME: _________________________

Introduction to Developmental Psychology

Complete the following chart based on your perceptions of what actually happens at
each phase of a person’s life. Complete the chart one column at a time.

Describe what you think happens during this Next, look online and find examples of birthday
decade (I’m not asking for a textbook definition, cards for people in each decade. Use what you
Decade
I’m looking for your find to develop three
perceptions/impressions) adjectives for each time period.

0-9

10-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70-79

80+
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
Now that you’ve looked at your own perceptions, let’s take a look at some theories that real psychologists
have developed about how we grow and change over time. We’ll start with Piaget’s Stages that focus on
cognitive development. Piaget believed that children construct their understanding of the world while
interacting with it.

Key Words
Schema Assimilation Accommodation

Stage Key Words Developmental Description Examples

Phenomena

Object
1 Permanence
Sensorimotor
(Birth to 2)
Stranger Anxiety

Pretend Play
2
Preoperational
(2 to 7)
Egocentrism

Conservation
3 Concrete
(7 to 11) Operational Mathematical
transformations

Abstract Logic
4
Formal
(11 through Potential for
Operational
adulthood) mature moral
reasoning

Criticisms
Theory of the Mind Zones of Proximal Development
Erickson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development
Psychosocial Basic
Stage Description Examples
Crisis Virtue
1
Trust vs.
Infancy Hope
Mistrust
(0-1½)

2
Autonomy vs.
Early
Shame and Will
Childhood
Doubt
(1½ -3)

3
Initiative vs.
Play Age Purpose
Inferiority
(3-5)

4 Industry/
School Age Competence Competency
(5-12) vs. Inferiority

5 Identify vs.
Adolescence Role Fidelity
(12-18) Confusion

6
Intimacy vs.
Young Adult Love
Isolation
(18-40)

7
Generativity
Adulthood Care
vs. Stagnation
(40-65)

8
Integrity vs.
Maturity Wisdom
Despair
(65+)
Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
Age
Levels Stages Description Examples
Range

Obedience/
Fear of Infancy
Punishment
Pre-
Conventional

Self-Interest Pre-School

Conformity &
Interpersonal School-
Accord Age

Conventional

Authority & School-

Social Order Age

Social
Contract Teens

Post-
Conventional

Universal
Principles Adulthood

Criticisms
Criticism Gilligan’s Ethics of Care
Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development
Freud’s Beliefs on Personality

Stage Focus Description Examples

1
Oral Mouth,
(0-1) Tongue,
Lips

2
Anal
(1 -3)
Anus

3
Phallic
(3-6) Genitals

4
Latency
(6-12) None

5
Genital
(12+) Genitals