The Validity of The Developmental Theories of Freud, Erikson and Piaget based on the personal experiences of Steven Givan

The Validity of the Developmental Theories of Freud , Erikson and Piaget based on the personal experiences of Steven Givan

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Introduction

Human nature and its varying and complex behaviors fascinate almost everyone . Although not all are inclined to be able to understand and explicate the details of individual personalities those who do find themselves in confusion many times why some people do things that are at times difficult to comprehend . However , the science of human behavior has indeed helped facilitate thus far , an understanding of

human conduct and its nature at various lengths through the theories of human development by prominent theorists (Plotnik , 1996 . This attempts validate their works by citing the researcher 's own personal timeline and /or development . For a proper and organized treatment of this it will answer the following problem statements

What are the s of Freud (psychosexual , Erikson (psychosocial , and Piaget 's (Cognitive ) stages for childhood and adolescent years of development

Are developmental theories applicable to real-life and if so , based on your personal timeline , how (and if not , how not

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What are the s of Freud (psychosexual , Erikson (psychosocial , and Piaget 's (Cognitive ) stages for childhood and adolescent years of development

Development does not end once a person reaches maturity , but continues throughout life . Developmental psychologists seek to describe ad analyze the regularities of human development across the entire life span . It focuses primarily on these aspects of development that make us similar to one another (Atkinson et al , 1993

Sigmund Freud hypothesized that each of us goes through five psychosexual stages . These are five different developmental periods - oral , anal , phallic , latency , and genital stages - during which the individual seeks pleasure from different areas of the body associated with sexual feelings . Freud emphasized that the child 's first five years are the most important to social and personality development (Atkinson et al , 1993 . The stages of oral , anal , phallic , latency and genital stages are controversial and highly debatable concepts which Freud originated . Freud pointed out that satisfying one of the child 's needs becomes a source of potential conflict between the child , who wants immediate gratification , and the parent , who places restrictions on when , where , and how the child 's needs should be satisfied . Freud believed that interactions between parent and child in satisfying these psychosexual needs - for example , during breastfeeding or toilet training - greatly influence the child 's social development and future social interactions . Freud 's psychosexual stages are part of his larger psychoanalytic theory of personality (Hilgard et al , 1983 , Atkinson 1993

Secondly , the psychosocial stage of development is best explained through the theory developed by Erik Erikson . According to Erik Erikson a child will encounter different kinds of problems in infancy and childhood , which will shape one 's social and personality development Erikson gave eight psychosocial stages . A child according to Erikson will encounter a particular psychosocial problem at each stage . If he successfully resolves the problem , he will develop a good social trait that...