Freud And Erikson Theorists

Two theorists that have made a major impact in the field of child psychology are Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson. Both theorists altered the way future generations study the development of children. Although both theorists focused on the same field, their theories were based on different developments; Freud emphasized on sexual development meanwhile Erikson emphasized on social development. Freud’s psychosexual stages and Erikson’s psychosocial stages break down a child’s identity and personality by identifying stages, and each stage plays a crucial role in the understanding of child development.
Sigmund Freud was the first theorist to truly understand the sexual development of children. Freud is most famous for his theory of the three parts of the human personality -Id, Ego, and Superego- and his psychosexual stages. Freud’s Id, Ego, and Superego are within his psychosexual
The Oral stage helps psychologists understand a newborn's process of sucking, biting, and breastfeeding. The second stage analyzes one to three-year-olds during their potty training, this is stage is called the Anal stage. The Anal stage is when a child develops their Ego and becomes aware that he or she cannot always get what he or she wants due to conflicts with the outside world. Freud further contributes to child psychology as his next three stages break down a child’s sexual identity. The Phallic stage is when a child develops their superego and discovers their source of pleasure which begins his or her process of identification, the Latency stage is when a child has little sexual pleasure and focuses his or her energy on school, hobbies, and friends, and the Genital stage is the last stage of sexual identification where the now adult begins to experiment and settle down. These five stages give child psychologist an in-depth understanding of how, why, and when a child’s sexuality and sexual desires