Saturday, July 12, 2014

3. Initiative versus guilt – (3 years to 6 years):



In this phase of development, children’s strength is sense of purpose and their weakness is inhibition (Fleming, 20014). They acquire new physical and mental skills. They are very active, mobile and talkative and learn through imaginative play as they are preschoolers. Children have curiosity about the World and they need freedom and want to explore in this period of development. They have lot of questions about the things happening around them, so they need answers for those questions.  If they are given chance to explore and finds the answers to their questions, they develop sense of initiative, but they develop sense of guilt about their desires if they are punished or not given answers to their questions (Passer & Smith, 2007).


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