d excellent analogies of a childs mind. My developmental years went very smooth, but a child that has experienced a series of traumatizing events might be different. These things might stump their growth; cause them to achieve stages later than most. I was early to their age limits, where other might be on time and yet others might be late. I don’t think that a chart has enough gray area for all the different cultures and environments around the country and world. REFERANCESMyers, D. G. (2000). What’s out of sight, is out of mind. If needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust. Toddlers learn to exercise will and do things for themselves, or they doubt their abilities. Representing things with words and images but lacking logical reasoning. A child lacks the concept of conservation- the principle that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape. Preschoolers learn to initiate tasks and carryout plans, or they feel guilty about efforts to be independent. Thinking logically about concrete events; grasping concrete analogies and performing arithmetical operations. As children approach adolescence many become capable of solving hypothetical propositions deducing consequences. Teenagers work at refining a sense of self by testing roles and then integrating them to form a single identity. Psychology Sixth Edition. p. 128,130,149....
