A child's comprehension of,and responses to,the environment are based on his or her developmental age.The works of Drs.Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson provide excellent guidelines for assessing the pediatric patient's developmental level in order to use appropriate interventions.The infant develops the belief that the world can be counted on to meet basic needs through the trust vs.mistrust concept based on the stages of psychosocial and emotional needs.This theoretical framework of stages was described by __,while the stages based on changes in cognition and ability to think were described by _.

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Dr.Jean Piaget described the stages by changes in cognition and the ability to think,and Dr.Erik Erikson based the stages on psychosocial and emotional needs.For example,according to Erikson,infancy to 1 year:trust vs.mistrust;infant develops belief that world can be counted on to meet basic needs.According to Piaget,infancy to 2 years:Who to trust? Identifies strangers at 7 to 8 months of age.

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