Ever heard of Cycles of Development? Human growth is a cycle of a development composed of stages that begin in childhood and repeat throughout life. The Cycles of Development theory was developed by Pamela Levin and is a model of how we grow up. The cycle of development is compared and contrasted to alternative theories of development and is held to be significant because of its utility as a tool to anticipate and resolve the many transitional aspects of life. Erik Erikson developed a model of eight stages of psychological development. He believed that humans developed in stages throughout their lifetimes and that this would affect their behaviors. Transactional analysis (TA) is a psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy wherein social transactions are analyzed to determine the ego state of the communicator (whether parent-like, childlike, or adult-like) as a basis for understanding behavior. These concepts have spread into many areas of therapy, education, and consulting as practiced today. Transactions refer to the communication exchanges between people.

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