Piaget's Stages Of Development

There are different theories about adolescent behavior and development that are relevant in many writings and youth culture. Through the use of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, Erikson’s identity theory, and Kohlberg’s morality theory, two adolescent blogs are able to be broken down to the individual stages of development. These theories help explain behaviors and feelings of the adolescents, and each of them has their own unique experience. With the use of the media as an outlet for the teenagers, it helps theorists test their ideas for teenage development. In order to apply the blogs of the teenagers into the theories, the theories must be explained. Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is broken down into four stages. The sensorimotor

There are eight stages that are defined by their crises. From infant to eight-teen months, the individual’s identity is focusing on trusting or mistrusting their caregivers. From eight-teen months to three years, the individual is focused on autonomy or will have shame and doubt. It is determined by the types of choices they have and whether or not they can grow and learn. Ages three to five have the crises of either initiative or guilt. At this age, children seek out more opportunities to be imaginative and make their own choices, as well as learning from those choices. They will think they are either “good” or “bad.” Ages five to thirteen is industry or inferiority. During the school age, children learn basic competence in social and academic interactions. They will either take pride in their abilities or feel inferior. Thirteen to twenty-one is where the individual learns who their identity is and makes their own personal decisions, like college choice and self-expression. This is called identity role versus role confusion. From twenty-one to thirty-nine is the crisis of identity versus isolation. Relationships and social interaction help shape identity and this stage focuses on the interpersonal connections. Forty to sixty-five years is the generativity or stagnation stage. The individual is either performing to their best ability in their job or profession, or they are lacking the

This teenager takes the problems of the other family members and makes them theirs. For example, the brother us depressed, drinking, and lacks motivation. The author takes this as a personal threat and states, “I am ashamed of him. An older brother is meant to be a role model someone to look up to, someone to make you feel safe and someone that is always there to comfort you. I don’t get any of that with him. I need to learn to survive by myself.” The sibling is obviously facing problems and the author is presenting the information as if it is only their problem. This is an example of Kohlberg’s theory for school age children. It is the authority and social order. The author believes that it is a defined rule that the brother should care for the author. The author wants their brother to go back to normal in order to maintain social