Piaget And Freud's Five Stages Of Lifespan Development

The lifespan of an individual is said to be from the moment they were conceived through their death. The individual passes through different periods of developmental stages of growth called lifespans development. Piaget and Freud theories were different concerning lifespan development. Freud’s theory is based on a person’s ego, superego or id and Piaget’s theory is based on a person’s cognitive development over their lifespan. Nurture and nature influences a person’s will and how they will be in the development of their lifespan.

The lifespan of a person is developmental process, it begins as a seed planted into the womb of a woman. It is sustain and nurtured there for nine months as a fetus which grows and its sex is being determined. A person has several stages of development from birth to their infancy stage to adolescent stage, adult stage, the old age stage and then death. Process of growth includes learning how to feed ourselves, wash and cloth ourselves, talk and communicate, to love, walk and to work.

There are three developmental areas

Plasticity is also a developmental characteristic that is based on the theory that a person traits can be changed at any time in their life and that the change is ongoing, (Berger 2008). Changes are not often straight lined but can also be multidirectional meaning from every direction and it is multicultural. Academic areas, genetics, sociology, psychology and religion contributes to the growth process. Berger (2008), defines developmental theory as a systematic statement of principles that provide generalization or a coherent framework in order to understand the changes people as they grow older. Freud’s theory on the lifespan is a controversial theory. He believe that there are three stages which occur during the first six years of an individual’s life, the infant, early childhood and preschool (Berger