CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Erikson’s second stage of development is the beginning of the individual discovering who they are apart from their caregiver. Children who succeed in this phase establish the ability to determine what they do and how they do it. The gift of this stage, according to Erikson, is the will or the ability to assert oneself.

Detailed explanation-3: -Understanding Erikson’s 8 Stages of Development Infancy – Basic trust versus mistrust. Toddler – Autonomy versus shame and doubt. Preschool-age – Initiative versus guilt. School-age – Industry versus inferiority.

Detailed explanation-4: -If a parent is notreinforcing, the child will feel shameful and will learn to doubt his or herabilities. “Erikson believes that children who experience too much doubt atthis stage will lack confidence in their powers later in life"(Woolfolk, 1987).