Psychology

In 1905 Sigmund Freud theorized that childhood development happens in stages, which are called “Psychosexual Development Stages.” In 1950 Erik Erikson developed “Psychosocial Stages,” which are greatly influenced by Freud’s theories. Freud’s theory centers on psychosexual energy or the libido. Erickson’s theory centers on issues and tasks being met at specific ages. Even though we are sexual beings, our developmental stages do not focus entirely on sexual pleasures. Both theories do show that personality develops in stages. Although, Erickson’s theory is the better theory.

Erikson’s views on development made an addition to some aspects of Freud and deviated from some of his other emphases. Erikson proposed that we develop more “Psychosocially” than “Pyschosexually” (Freud’s framework), which crosses the entire life span. His view is deterministic in the sense that adults are effected by their childhood, but he is not reductionistic in suggesting that the entire mold of adult personality is formed only in the early years; rather there is ongoing development throughout life.

Freud's perspective though focuses on the inner person and believes that unconscious forces act to determine personality behavior. Freud explains that everyone's personality has three aspects to it which are; id, ego and superego. Freud aso had stages of psychosexual development, unlike Erikson’s psychosocial development. Freud’s psychosexual development consisted of five parts; oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. As for Erikson's psychosocial theory it is mainly based on social and environmental factors and expands into adulthood, but Freud's psychosexual theory is based on the importance of basic needs and biological forces and his theory end at an early period of life compared to Erikson's. A similarity Erikson and Freud share together is that they both are theorists that have separated development into stages and they do use the similar age

Freud was a renowned and respected theorist who is recognized for his development of personality theories, in fact, many other philosophers followed his beliefs to include Carl Jung. The “ Stages of Psychosexual Development are, like other stage theories, completed in a predetermined sequence and can result in either successful completion or a healthy personality or can result in failure, leading to an unhealthy personality” (Heffner, 2014). The stages of Freud’s theory of Psychosexual Development are the Oral Stage (Birth to 18 months), Anal stage (18 months to three years), Phallic Stage (ages three to six), Latency Stage (age six to puberty), and the Genital Stage (puberty on) (Heffner, 2014).

Erikson’s theory was based on Freud’s psychosexual theory of ego psychology. He desired to determine that psychosocial development of an individual is due to the interaction between the innermost self, the social, historical, cultural background and the living individual (Seligman & Shanock, 1998). This theory is described basing on principals such as a) Epigenetic Principal, a) Radius of Relationship, b) Psychosocial Crisis, c) Prime Adaptive Ego Qualities and d) Core Pathologies (Newman & Newman,2012). Erikson also described the succession of eight stages of development. They are a) Oral sensory, b) Muscular-anal, c) Loco

As we age and grow in life, we constantly change in many different aspects. It is natural for humans to develop

Developmental psychology is an area of research dedicated to the understanding of child-development. Throughout history many theories have been used to attempt to explain the complex process. Two of those theorists, Freud and Erikson, were instrumental in creating a foundation for child-psychology to build on. From a Freudian perspective, human development is centered on psychosexual theory. Psychosexual theory indicates that maturation of the sex drives underlies stages of personality development. Alternatively, Erikson is considered a neo-freudian scholar who developed psychosocial theory. In Erikson models there are eight major conflicts that occur during the course of an individual’s life.

Unlike Freud's theory of the psychosexual stages of development, Erikson developed eight stages of psychosocial development. The conflicts in the first five stages are:

Suicide is a major, preventable current public health issue in the United States. In 2007, it was the tenth leading cause of death in our country, with the number of suicides reaching 34,598. Additionally, it is widely agreed upon that approximately eleven attempted suicides occur for every one successful suicide attempt (National Institute of Mental Health). There is a negative stigma surrounding suicidal and self-harming behaviors that discourages people from talking about suicide or seeking help. Suicidal behaviors are difficult to define, but for the purpose of research we refer to suicidal behaviors exclusively as “any self-initiated and deliberate ideations, communications, or actions that have potentially

The psychosexual development theory is proposed by a 1900s Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. He was famous for various psychological theories, including the theory of personality development, dreams and psychosexual development. The psychosexual development theory discussed about four stages of life that contribute to the development of personality. There are oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital phase. Sometimes people can surpass these stages and grown to a fully mature adult, however, many people often retain some obsessions from specific stage and contribute to certain aspect of personality, such as Oedipus complex and difficulties in identify sexual identity. These stages will be further discussed in this paper, and its relation

According to Freud, development is sexual motivated and a child goes through five psychosexual stages: oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital. Freud believed

Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual theory and Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory are two similar, yet diverse psychoanalytic theories that have provided an enhanced understanding of human’s development. Foremost, Freud and Erikson supposed human growth is a gradual process that essentially occurs unconsciously. Additionally, both theorists believed that personality progresses in predetermined stages and that in order to progress to the next stage, a conflict must be resolved. Their concepts diverge in more ways than they’re alike; however, in

Both theorists shared many of the same ideas, and as Erikson’s followed in Freud’s footsteps he started to create his own theory. They are unique and different from each other. Freud's psychosexual theory will be able to emphasize the importance of the basic needs and biological forces that children will need as they develop through different stages in life. On the other hand, Erikson's psychosocial theory is going to be based upon the social and environmental factors that will be provided in a person’s life. In Erikson’s theory he also expands on how people go through more stages as they reach adulthood, but Freud ends his psychosexual theory of human development earlier in a human beings life. Sigmund Freud believed that if a person became fixated on a certain stage in their life, there would be problems associated with that stage and they would no longer develop. Where Erik Erikson’s outcome in his theory will not be permanent and can change later on in a person’s life as they either experience or

In the theory of development, it appears that Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson had two different ideas in the way that we develop from childhood to adult. Although Sigmund Freud development his theories first, many like Erik Erikson started with Freud’s ideas and altered for this own idea.

Freud´s psychosexual theory underlines the importance of basic needs and biological forces. Erikson´s psychosocial theory is based upon social and environmental factors. Erikson also expands his theory into adulthood while Freud´s ends at an earlier period.