Tag Archives: developmental tasks

The Human Kingdom

Posted by Ken Fields on March 27, 2010 at 11:15 am.

The human kingdom is situated at stage 4 and all the archetypal themes relevant to that stage of development apply to us as humans on a broad general basis. The developmental tasks, needs  motivations and paths for humans apply to all of us.  Of course, within that human kingdom, which we might call 4th Grade, [...]

Developmental Paths

Posted by Ken Fields on November 17, 2009 at 9:39 pm.

It would make sense that if there are developmental tasks that must be, at least partially,  mastered to meet the developmental needs at any given stage, then there would be means to accomplish this. There would be, so to speak,  developmental paths….

Stage
Age
Developmental Needs
Developmental Tasks
Developmental Paths

7
76-90+
Beauty
Integrity
Synthesis

6
41-75
Knowledge
Generativity
Giving

5
21-40
Belonging
Intimacy
Engagement

4
13-20
Esteem
Identity
Achievement

3
8-12
Control
Competence
Exploration

2
3-7
Safety
Autonomy
Opposition

1
0-2
Receiving
Trust
Receiving


The complexities of behaviors contained [...]