Autonomy v/s Doubt or Shame in Psychosocial Stage 2 Autonomy v/s Doubt This period expands from 18 months to 3 yrs of age. In this period child does not want to be helped by others and develops a feeling of antonomy. He likes to work in his own way. Parents should keep a balance between…
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Trust vs Mistrust: Psychosocial Stage 1
Trust vs Mistrust: Psychosocial Stage 1 Trust v/s Mistrust This stage is supposed to cover the period from birth to 18 months. The first action of an infant is to develop trust in himself and in his environment. At this stage an infant totally depends on others for his needs. Ifhis needs are not properly…
Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory
Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory Erik Erikson was a well known psycho analyst who propounded psycho-social theory of the general development whole life period. Erikson emphasised the importance of social factors for the development of personality. He develoved Erikson’s Stages of Psycho-Social Development the concept of variability of stability and permanance of decided determinants of stages. Like…
Freud’s 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development
Freud’s 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development According to Freud life long behaviour of human beings ismotivated by the need of basic motivation. Libido or sexuality is not only genital arousal but it is expressed by various physical needs which is called stimulus area.The stages of psycho-sexual development depends on the type of gratification oflibido. According…
Sigmund Freud – Psychoanalytic theory
Sigmund Freud – Psychoanalytic theory Freud is the father of psychoanalitical theory. He developed the theory of personality development and treatment system. According to his psychoanalytical theory the action system of mind is exhibited in the form of conflicts. Before unstanding the freudian psycho-sexual theory we must try to understand some main concepts. Freud has…
Psychoanalytic theory of Human Development
Psychoanalytic theory of Human Development Human development has alwaysbeen an interesting and important subject for investigators. There are many theories of human development which have studied the development from different angles. All these theories of human development can be classified into three main categories. The first theory is psychoanalytical theory which has been propounded by…
Relative Importance of Heredity and Environment
Relative Importance of Heredity and Environment We have not yet found an answer to the question. Which in more important heredity or environment in the the development of child, but on the basis of tests and observations we can express the relative importance of heredity and environment in the development of child as under: 1….
Relation of Heredity and Environment
Relation of Heredity and Environment The effect of heredity and environment on human development cannot be separated. On the contrary they are complementary to each other. A healthy seed can become a healthy plant only when the environment is healthy and balanced or good and healthy environment cannot develop unhealthy seed into a healthy plant….
influence of heredity and environment on child development
influence of heredity and environment on child development influence of heredity on child development It is believed on the basis of experiments and studies conducted on heredity that the development of a child gets influenced by heredity. According to psychologists the influnece of heredity on the development of child as under. 1. Effect on Basic…
What Is Nature vs. Nurture in Psychology ?
What Is Nature vs. Nurture in Psychology ? According to T.P. Nun, for human life, life circumstances are so important as rocks, seawaves and fast winds are important for ships. Many psychologists and educationists think that it is possible to predicted how much development may happen. These persons regard heredity more important and do not…