Piaget's stages of cognitive development and adult character structure.
Psychonalytic and Piagetian findings are bridged by understanding character structure. Social cognition of the three character types corresponds to three phase of cognitive development: Symbolic, Intuitive, and (Concrete) Operational. A child constructs his supergo by coordinating his perceptions of his caretaking as he coordinates other perceptions in the Operational Period.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002605:Character; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013850:Thinking