Piaget

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Piaget
Freud And Erikson

The field of psychology has grown to be respected as a science. Objectivity and
the scientific method are both part of the psychologist's mode of operation.
However, even the greatest of psychologists can only theorize about what makes
human beings act the way they do. Absolutes are not part of psychology.
Everything is relative and open to speculation. Theorists give us their views or
ideas about life. In the field of psychology, there have been many different
areas of interest. Human development is one of the most popular areas of
interest for those who study psychology. Freud, Erikson, and Piaget are all
great theorists with different ideas concerning human development. Each theorist
developed ideas and stages for human development. Their theories on human
development had human beings passing through different stages. Each theory
differed on what these stages were. These theories also differed with their
respect towards paradigmatic assumptions, learning and development, and
relationship towards educational practice. Freud is known as the father of
psychology. Although some of his work has been dismissed, most of it still holds
weight in the world of psychology today. Freud believed that inner forces fueled
human development. He believed the most powerful of all inner forces was our
sexual being. Freud linked everything with sex. This includes any bodily
pleasure whatsoever. Thus, when Freud discusses the sexual needs of children,
they are not the Hartenstine 2 same kind of sexual needs that an adult would
experience. Children experienced sexual gratification in different ways. Sucking
their thumbs or retaining their excrement could be seen as sexual gratification
for small children. Freud also specified certain areas of our body as erogenous
zones. Those areas included the mouth and genitals. This all fit in to Freud's
obsession with sex. An obsession that could be linked to the era that Freud
lived in. It was a very conservative period in history. Sexual feelings were
often repressed. Freud's theory on human development could be labeled the
psychosexual stages of development. Freud believed human beings passed through
different stages in their life based on which part of their body gratified them.
Freud's psychosexual stages of development are five in total. The Oral stage
takes place from birth to about one year. During this stage, a child is orally
oriented. The mouth is the child's erogenous zone. Everything a child touche...

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