Developmental Tasks

Posted by Ken Fields on November 17, 2009 at 9:24 pm.

Each developmental stage has an over-arching task which can take the form of a crisis, or significant challenge. Nobody says life is easy, and one reason it can be hard is because of our developmental tasks. These developmental tasks, like our developmental needs, are both heirarchical and interwoven. What had been a dominant need or task in the earlier years is no longer…and, yet, does still exert influence, as do the higher needs and tasks which, even though they may be sub dominant at the time, do pull us up…

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Stage

Age

Stages of Psyche-Socio Development

Spheres of Influence

Developmental Needs

Developmental Tasks

7

76-90+

Late Adulthood

World

Beauty

Integrity

6

41-75

Middle Adulthood

Nation

Knowledge

Generativity

5

21-40

Early Adulthood

State

Belonging

Intimacy

4

13-20

Adolescence

City

Esteem

Identity

3

8-12

Later Childhood

Community

Control

Competence

2

3-7

Early Childhood

Neighborhood

Safety

Autonomy

1

0-2

Infant

Home

Sustenance

Trust


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