HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
LEVVYGOTSKY
According to Lev Vygotsky, children must learn new abilities from adults or
older children, but only within their zone of proximal development.
Zone of proximal development, the distance between what a child can do
alone and what is possible with help.
ERIK ERIKSON
Psychosocial Development
Development is social in nature and a result of a desire to affiliate
with other people.
A person encounters 8 developmental stages in life.
Each stage presents individuals with a crisis that must be faced.
“The more successfully an individual resolves the crisis, the healthier
development will be” (Santrock, 2008, p. 18).
Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
Syntonic – a harmonious element
Vs. Hope – basic strength
Dystonic – a disruptive element
STAGE l: TRUST vs. MISTRUST
Age - Infancy: First year of life
Virtue - Hope
Question - Is the world a good and pleasant place to live?
LEVVYGOTSKY
According to Lev Vygotsky, children must learn new abilities from adults or
older children, but only within their zone of proximal development.
Zone of proximal development, the distance between what a child can do
alone and what is possible with help.
ERIK ERIKSON
Psychosocial Development
Development is social in nature and a result of a desire to affiliate
with other people.
A person encounters 8 developmental stages in life.
Each stage presents individuals with a crisis that must be faced.
“The more successfully an individual resolves the crisis, the healthier
development will be” (Santrock, 2008, p. 18).
Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
Syntonic – a harmonious element
Vs. Hope – basic strength
Dystonic – a disruptive element
STAGE l: TRUST vs. MISTRUST
Age - Infancy: First year of life
Virtue - Hope
Question - Is the world a good and pleasant place to live?
