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Published Online: 1979, pp. 1–156

Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development and Adult Character Structure

A. J. Malerstein, M.D., and Mary M. Ahern, M.S.W.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 33, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.107

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Psychoanalytic and Piagetian findings are bridged by understanding character structure. Social cognition of the three character types corresponds to three phases of cognitive development: Symbolic, Intuitive, and (Concrete) Operational. A child constructs his superego by coordinating his perceptions of his caretaking as he coordinates other perceptions in the Operational Period.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 33 • Number 1 • 1979, pp. 1–156

Pages: 107 - 118

PubMed: 464161

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Published in print: 1979, pp. 1–156

Published online: 30 April 2018

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A. J. Malerstein, M.D.^*

San Francisco, Calif.

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Mary M. Ahern, M.S.W.^†

San Francisco, Calif.

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Associate Clinical Professor, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif. Mailing address: 1800 Sullivan Ave., Daly City, Calif. 94015.

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Lecturer in Clinical Social Work, Langley Porter Institute.

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Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development and Adult Character Structure

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