How we develop
Learning how we develop to become who we are is a hard concept to understand and its something that we may not ever be able to understand completely. Why is it that even if a brother and sister are raised in the same household and taught the exact same things in the exact same ways, that they develop differently. One may develop and learn their abilities fast and become a brilliant student during high school, but the other is barely passing and struggling to develop his skills. Many psychologists have come up with many theory’s to determine how we develop and ways that we can develop faster. But are these old theories correct to today’s standards?
Famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud was the creator of the psychosexual theory. This theory described how a child’s personality develops. This theory only shows that we develop from birth to adolescence, unlike Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory that shows our personality develops through out our entire lives. Freud’s theory is split up into five stages. These stages are, oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital. The personality of the child is brought out by the use of our pleasure centers.
During the oral stage of life, which happens at birth to about one year of age, a child’s pleasure center is their mouth. A child uses their mouth for everything and discovers food, and receives pleasure from using their mouth. A parent is directly responsible for giving the child the food or toys to suck on, so at this point we begin to develop our sense of trust. However, if our dependency on sucking is to much for us, this could lead to problems later in life that result from dependency issues and major aggression.
The anal stage occurs during the ages of one and three. In this stage, a child begins to learn how to control their urges and hold in their urine or feces. The faster we develop the ability to use the toilet, the more accomplished we feel. Success in this stage can lead to a more independent and accomplished
Famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud was the creator of the psychosexual theory. This theory described how a child’s personality develops. This theory only shows that we develop from birth to adolescence, unlike Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory that shows our personality develops through out our entire lives. Freud’s theory is split up into five stages. These stages are, oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital. The personality of the child is brought out by the use of our pleasure centers.
During the oral stage of life, which happens at birth to about one year of age, a child’s pleasure center is their mouth. A child uses their mouth for everything and discovers food, and receives pleasure from using their mouth. A parent is directly responsible for giving the child the food or toys to suck on, so at this point we begin to develop our sense of trust. However, if our dependency on sucking is to much for us, this could lead to problems later in life that result from dependency issues and major aggression.
The anal stage occurs during the ages of one and three. In this stage, a child begins to learn how to control their urges and hold in their urine or feces. The faster we develop the ability to use the toilet, the more accomplished we feel. Success in this stage can lead to a more independent and accomplished