Sullivan’s Interpersonal Model of Personality Development
Sullivan’s
Interpersonal Model of Personality Development
|
Stage |
Age |
Description |
|
Infancy |
Birth
to 6-month-old |
Infant
learns to rely on caregiver to meet needs and desires. |
|
Childhood |
1
½ to 6 y/o |
Child
begins to learn and to delay immediate gratification of needs and desires |
|
Juvenile |
6
to 9 y/o |
Child
forms fulfilling peer relationship |
|
Pre-adolescence |
9
to 12 y/o |
Child
relates successfully to same sex peers |
|
Early
adolescence |
12
to 14 y/o |
Adolescent
learns to be independent and forms relationships with members of the opposite
sex |
|
Late
adolescence |
14
to 21 y/o |
Person
establishes an intimate, long-lasting relationship with someone of the
opposite sex |
