Dev Psych Exam 2

• Oral Stage
• Birth- 2 years

Feeding stimulates the oral erogenous zoneand is the primary way of interacting with the parent

• People Need People: the process of psychosocial development is one of
• Individuation-developing an individual identity
• Adjusting it to obtain a more comfrotable fit
• with society
• Development is epigenetic
• guided by "internal maturational plan" (nature)
• and external societal demands (nurture)
• Unfolds in stage prompted by
• - inner need for growth and majestry new
• skills
• -society's need for productivity, resposibility
• and self-suffiency

Basic Trust vs Mistrust Birth to toddler

Forms a stage for all other bases

• Sense of Trust develops by
• feelings of physical growth
• sameness and continuity
• few or no experiences of fear