In order to compare Freud’s theory of psychosexual development with Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development an overview of each will first be discussed‚ followed by a comparison of similarities and differences. Freud’s Theory of Psychosexual Development Freud believed personality was crystallised in childhood thus proposing a series of developmental stages progressing from birth to puberty. As with other stage theories Freud’s psychosexual stages of development occur in a predetermined
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How would I solve this problem using Maslow’s motivational theory? Abraham Maslow believed that to understand motivation at work‚ we much understand human motivation in general and he felt motivation arose from workers’ needs. These needs included: Physiological needs‚ safety needs‚ social needs‚ esteem needs‚ and self-actualization needs. He felt that if these needs were met with the worker their motivation would provide a workplace that enabled employees to fulfill their own unique potential
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The Theories of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers Maslow and Rogers come from a school of thought‚ which is referred to as Humanistic. Such an approach steers away from the idea that man is a robot‚ who is the total product of outside forces‚ as the Behaviorist would maintain; or that man simply results from the interaction of primal drives and the demands of community - a belief held by many Freudians. The Humanistic approach accepts the ’human qualities’ of the individual; that man is born with
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Trust vs. Mistrust My parents met at Mississippi Valley State University and fell in love. I was born September 12‚ 1988 in Greenwood‚ MS at Greenwood Leflore Hospital. My parents were almost married two years. I was the fourth child‚ but the second from their union. My mom was the sickest when she was pregnant with me. She couldn’t hold anything down; her appetite was null and void. She basically was on my grandmother couch in misery those nine months. I was the first girl for my parents and my
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This morning‚ the paramedics brought in a nine-year-old girl‚ who was accompanied by her mother‚ seven-year-old sister‚ and grandmother‚ into the emergency department because she experienced a seizure; she does not have a history of seizures. Moreover‚ the physicians believed the underlying cause of her recent seizure was related to her bumping her head yesterday during school; she was running around during playtime‚ slipped on a ball‚ and then hit her head on a counter‚ which caused her to become
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ERIKSON’S STAGE 3 At some point in a child’s life they have the need to want to do what everyone else is doing‚ and they learn that they want to participate in the action as well. Stage 3 of Erik Erikson’s psychological development is labelled initiative vs. guilt and this is where children start to gain a sense of power and will to do things on their own in their environment. If their initiative actions were to fail than the child starts to feel a sense of guilt. An example would be of a child
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Student Learning None Estimated time 1-2 hours Engage Ask the students what they are motivated by: Money? Friends? Being accepted by peers? What else? Key Points I. NEEDS – a lack of something required or desired. Needs motivate us to act! Maslow defined a Hierarchy of Human Needs that stated that the lower needs must be met before an individual can strive to meet higher needs. A. PHYSIOLOGICAL -- necessary for life; unmet‚ these needs lead to death 1. food 2. water 3. oxygen 4. sleep
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Erikson: Identity vs. Role Confusion Erikson developed a theory of psychosocial development that involved eight critical stages. When an individual completes the stage and hopefully masters it then he/she is considered to be developing healthily. Each stage needs to be successfully completed in order to obtain a virtue such as trust‚ wisdom‚ hope‚ purpose‚ competency etc. After successfully getting through a stage‚ an individual whom is confronted with a challenge later in life can learn how to
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1. In Erikson’s first stage of psychosocial development‚ crisis is experienced that called trust versus mistrust. In this stage‚ children develop a sense of trust when caregivers provide reliability‚ care‚ and affection. A lack of this lead to mistrust. We can see that Chrystell was really calm baby. For example‚ she did not demand to be fed that often. Even after waking up in the morning‚ Chrystell did not cry histerically for food. His mother also take care of Chrystell very well. On the other
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“We are all dust. All Dying. All losing. All forgetting. We are all leaving all the time.” Human life is a continuous cycle of remembering‚ forgetting‚ and how we can be affected by anything. This quote lead to my topic of discussion after reading‚ “The Leaving”‚ where 5 children were taken as kindergarteners into a science experiment in hopes of erasing their childhood so they could live life as a worry free adult. They were returned at age 16 with no recollection of anything that had happened
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