Knowra Psychosocial development Psychosocial development Psychosocial development is change across the lifespan shaped by interactions between psychological processes and social environments. It includes shifts in identity, relationships, emotional capacities, and social roles.
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development : A lifespan theory proposing eight stages, each organized around a psychosocial conflict that can shape later development. This framework gives psychosocial change a sequence of conflicts from infancy through old age.
Developmental psychology : The scientific study of psychological change and stability across the lifespan. Psychosocial development is one domain within the broader study of lifespan change.
Erik Erikson : A developmental psychoanalyst who proposed eight psychosocial stages spanning infancy to old age. Erikson's stage model made lifespan psychosocial development a prominent framework.
Positive youth development : An approach to adolescent development that builds strengths, competencies, and supportive relationships rather than focusing only on problems. It applies psychosocial principles to programs that foster young people's capacities and connections.
Psychosexual development : A psychoanalytic account of personality development organized around successive zones of bodily pleasure and conflict. Freud's account centers psychosexual drives, unlike psychosocial theories' focus on social relationships and roles.
Attachment theory : A theory of how early relationships with caregivers shape patterns of security, emotional regulation, and later relationships. Caregiver bonds provide an early social context for emotional and interpersonal development.
Socialization : The process through which people learn a society's norms, values, roles, and practices. Socialization transmits expectations that individuals interpret and incorporate during development.
Urie Bronfenbrenner : A developmental psychologist who formulated an ecological model of interacting environments and human development. Bronfenbrenner emphasized that development depends on nested social settings.
Social-emotional learning : The process of developing skills for understanding emotions, building relationships, making decisions, and pursuing goals. Schools use these skills to support emotional and interpersonal development.
Behaviorism : An approach to psychology that explains behavior through observable actions and learning processes, especially conditioning. Behaviorism restricts explanation to observable learning more than broad lifespan psychosocial accounts do.
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