1. Piaget Erikson Kohlberg
Child Psychology
Piaget
Erikson
Kohlberg

2. Piaget: Cognitive Development
Sensorimotor Stage
Birth to age Two
Discovering the world
Mouth helps to “know” the world
Use senses to explore world
Object Permanence
Jean Piaget: at 9 months
Renee Baillargeon: at 3 months (or earlier)

3. Piaget
Exploring the world with mouth
Object Permanence

4. Piaget Pre-operational Stage Ages 2 – 7 Egocentricism
Spot light effect
“Terrible Two’s”
False consensus effect

5. Piaget
Preoperational Stage
Lack conservation
Act by trial and error

6. Piaget Concrete Stage Ages 7 – 11 Logical thought processes appear:
Reversibility: 3+2=5 AND 5-3=2 !!!
Less egocentric
Possess conservation skills
Need Concrete examples to learn
“Manipulatives”

7. Piaget Formal Stage Ages 12 - 18 Use hypothetical : if…then…
Moral development
Personal belief system emerge
Use abstract thought processes
Algebra, Geometry

8. Erikson: Social Development
Adolescence: Identity vs. Identity Diffusion
Teens “try on” different roles to help them discover who they are
Goal is not to finalize identity, but to begin to make choices about who you are

9. Erikson
Identity Diffusion= confusion/little commitment

10. Erikson
Moratorium Period =teen experiments with diff. roles

11. Erikson
Integrated Identity =teen begins to make commitments to who they are

12. Kohlberg: Moral Development
Level One: Pre-Conventional Goals
Avoid Punishment
Personal Gain

13. Kohlberg Level Two: Conventional Goals
Emphasize social conformity and roles
Emphasize rules

14. Kohlberg Level Three: Post-Conventional Goals
Idealistic moral principles…?
Protects rights of all…?