AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following stages of personality development occurs when we are toddlers (18 months-3 years old)?
A
Develop Trust
B
Learn to Be Independent
C
Develop Skills
D
Search for Identity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Stage 2-Toddlerhood. During this stage, which begins at 18 months old and lasts until age two or three, your toddler’s development focuses on autonomy versus shame or doubt. Stage 3-Preschool. Development at this stage centers around initiative and guilt.

Detailed explanation-2: -Autonomy versus shame and doubt is the second stage of Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. This stage occurs between the ages of 18 months to approximately 3 years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Freud proposed that personality development in childhood takes place during five psychosexual stages, which are the oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Autonomy versus shame and doubt is the second stage of Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. This stage occurs between the age of 18 months and around age 2 or 3 years. According to Erikson, children at this stage are focused on developing a greater sense of self-control.

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