Personality Development by Freud & Erikson

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Id– In Freud’s theory, a primitive collection of urges with which an individual begins life. The id is responsible for an individual’s “primitive” instincts, such as eating and reproducing
Ego-In Freud’s theory, the ego can be thought of as the rational thought that evolved to control the urges of the id in order that they meet the demands of reality and maintain social approval and esteem
Psychosexual stages- Freud argued that there were five stages of human development. All but the latency stage are centered around the stimulation of an erogenous zone. The stages develop in the following order: oral (0–1 year), anal (1–3 years), phallic (3–5 years), and latency (5 years–adolescence), and genital adolescence onwards)
Psychosocial stages- Stages of development put forward by Erik Erikson. The child goes from the stage of “basic trust” in early infancy to the final stage in adult life of maturity with a sense of integrity and self-worth. There is little empirical evidence for these stages, and it is more a matter of belief than fact
Superego- In Freud’s theory, a collection of ideals, an individual’s morality. This is what we refer to as our conscience and it is often in conflict with our id