Erickson's eight stages of development include infancy, younger years, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and later adulthood. Which theory is this list associated with?

Erickson's eight stages of development include infancy, younger years, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and later adulthood. Which theory is this list associated with?

• A. Erickson's eight stages of development
• B. Piaget's stages of cognitive development
• C. Freud's psychosexual stages
• D. Kohlberg's theory of moral development

Answer: (A)

This list aligns with Erikson's psychosocial development theory, which describes eight life stages from infancy to later adulthood, each featuring a central psychosocial challenge that helps shape personality. Seeing the progression from infancy through various childhood phases, adolescence, and into early, middle, and later adulthood fits exactly with how Erikson mapped development across the lifespan. Other theories focus on different domains—Piaget on stages of cognitive thinking, Freud on psychosexual stages, and Kohlberg on moral reasoning—so they don’t present this eight-stage lifespan sequence.

This list aligns with Erikson's psychosocial development theory, which describes eight life stages from infancy to later adulthood, each featuring a central psychosocial challenge that helps shape personality. Seeing the progression from infancy through various childhood phases, adolescence, and into early, middle, and later adulthood fits exactly with how Erikson mapped development across the lifespan. Other theories focus on different domains—Piaget on stages of cognitive thinking, Freud on psychosexual stages, and Kohlberg on moral reasoning—so they don’t present this eight-stage lifespan sequence.