title: Piaget's stages of cognitive development and adult character structure.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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