The Early Theories
Freud
Sigmund Freud’s approach on human development is a psychoanalytic theory, specifically psychosexual. Freud believed that early experiences provide the foundation for adult behavior. This means that all the problems people have and the way that they overcome them are directly related to their early childhood experiences. Freud believed that children move through a series of stages where the way that they received pleasure. The five stages that pleasure is derived from is oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital. Freud felt that the last stage occurs from puberty and onward. The main framework of his theory is the unconscious thought.
Erikson
Erik Erikson’s theory is a psychosocial approach. His theory was at every stage …show more content…
Piaget’s theory is a four-stage theory that begins with infancy and ends after adolescence. Piaget theorized that thought shape attitude, belief, and behavior. He focused on how thought will change over time. He believed that children gain information by processing it in an organized fashion. The person develops schemas and that will help the navigate information. A child will come up with a schema and will either assimilate information or accommodate it. For example, a child knows that a four-legged creature with a tail is a dog. One day the child comes across a Dalmatian. The child will assimilate that information, meaning interpret it to fit into the schema. Now in the child’s brain, a dog is a four-legged creature with a tail, that can also be different colors. Later on, the child sees a squirrel. It is a four-legged creature with a tail but not a dog. The child will have to accommodate the dog schema. Now the schema for a dog is a four-legged creature with a tail, that barks. Accommodation and assimilation are done in order for the child to maintain cognitive equilibrium. Critics of Piaget’s theory claim that it is too limited, and that he underestimated the ability of children. His theory is similar to Freuds and Erikson’s because they all believe in stages, meaning that they all believed that development occurs in a step by step
Freud
Sigmund Freud’s approach on human development is a psychoanalytic theory, specifically psychosexual. Freud believed that early experiences provide the foundation for adult behavior. This means that all the problems people have and the way that they overcome them are directly related to their early childhood experiences. Freud believed that children move through a series of stages where the way that they received pleasure. The five stages that pleasure is derived from is oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital. Freud felt that the last stage occurs from puberty and onward. The main framework of his theory is the unconscious thought.
Erikson
Erik Erikson’s theory is a psychosocial approach. His theory was at every stage …show more content…
Piaget’s theory is a four-stage theory that begins with infancy and ends after adolescence. Piaget theorized that thought shape attitude, belief, and behavior. He focused on how thought will change over time. He believed that children gain information by processing it in an organized fashion. The person develops schemas and that will help the navigate information. A child will come up with a schema and will either assimilate information or accommodate it. For example, a child knows that a four-legged creature with a tail is a dog. One day the child comes across a Dalmatian. The child will assimilate that information, meaning interpret it to fit into the schema. Now in the child’s brain, a dog is a four-legged creature with a tail, that can also be different colors. Later on, the child sees a squirrel. It is a four-legged creature with a tail but not a dog. The child will have to accommodate the dog schema. Now the schema for a dog is a four-legged creature with a tail, that barks. Accommodation and assimilation are done in order for the child to maintain cognitive equilibrium. Critics of Piaget’s theory claim that it is too limited, and that he underestimated the ability of children. His theory is similar to Freuds and Erikson’s because they all believe in stages, meaning that they all believed that development occurs in a step by step