stage theories of individual and family development
This paper gives an analysis of stage theories of individual and family development and applies it to the Jewish Family as a cultural group. Erickson’s theory of stage development is used along with Freud’s, Darwin, Lorenz, Gosell, Tihbergen, Bowlby, and Ainsowrtth, Piaget Kohlberg and Vygotsky and other theorists for the discussion. The interplay between heredity and environment are included in the discussion of family stage development