Freud Vs Erickson

Freud and Erickson both had different understanding of stages in clinical age differences. They both start off with the infancy stage, but have different views and studies that they both come up with. Erickson goes into more depth in what he considers adulthood. Approximately age from birth to one year old, Freud came up with the Oral Stage, the child’s primary source of what he thought was pleasure was through the mouth. A baby main focus at this time is eating, from birth it breast feeds, to new experiences with soft food! Erickson had a different way of seeing it. He labeled it Trust vs. Mistrust, children are figuring out who to trust and mistrust when it comes to their caregiver. At this time, in my opinion, babies choose favoritism when it comes picking a parent. An example would be which parent the child goes to when hurt or sad. Soon we get to the one to three year stages. Freud calls this the Anal Stage, children gain a sense of mastery and competence by controlling bladder and bowl movement. During the one to three year stages, I think children feel like they can conquer the world because at this moment they go from diaper to pull ups. The experience being potty trained, also the freedom of being …show more content…
He believed that we develop a balance between all areas of life. Erikson goes on with three more stages. He believes that we have these stages throughout adulthood. Intimacy vs. Isolation, where young adults see out companionship. Generatitvity vs. Stagnation, middle-aged adults take care of each other and have something to contribute to our society. Which older adults are said to be wiser and to have the best advise! Then the last stage in life, according to Erickson, which is Integrity vs. Despair. Which I find to be the most interesting! This is where older adults reflect on their lives, they either look back on it as joy and fulfillment, or bitterness for everything they haven’t