What is the similarities of freud and erikson's theory?

Answer 1

the two are alike because of their different point of views. How one believes that it is more for pleasure and pain one feels its the environment developed in itself. The two may have different ideas but it is the fact that they cover all the basis that in the ends what brings it home is the healthy minds they create

Answer 2

Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson are psychologists. Freud is well known in every aspect of psychology, but if you're thinking in relation to Erik Erikson, you're probably thinking about their developmental psychology theories.

Erik Erikson's theory had 8 stages.

1. Age 0-1.5 :Trust vs Mistrust
2. Age 1.5-3 :Autonomy vs Self Doubt
3. Age 3-6: Initiative vs Guilt
4. Age6-Puberty:Competence vs Inferiority
5. Adolescence: Identity vs. Role Confusion
6. Early Adulthood: Intimacy vs. Isolation
7. Middle Adulthood: Generativity vs. Stagnation
8. Late Adulthood: Ego-integrity vs. Despair

According to him, a child will go through each of these stages. In each stage, a child will go through a conflict. For example, from age 0 to 1.5, a child will struggle to create trust in their environment. If they fail to create this trust, they develop mistrust. The result of developing mistrust is an Inadequate Resolution. An inadequate resolution indicates a developmental problem. An inadequate resolution in this case would indicate a child's insecurity and anxiety. An Adequate Resolution would mean that a child was able to overcome the conflict in each stage a develop properly. This applies similarly to the other 8 stages.

The best way to remember Freud is to remember that anything relating to him will ultimately lead back to sex. His theory contains five developmental stages

1. Age 1: Oral Stage -> A child is obsessed sexual stimulation by occupying the mouth (pacifiers, grabbing items around them and chewing on them, etc.)
2. Age1-3: Anal Stage -> A child desires anal stimulation by bladder and bowel function (is challenged with toilet training and self control)
3. Age3-6: Phallic Stage -> A child desires stimulation of the genitals (Freud claims that at this stage, a child is most likely overcome with lust for his mother or her father)
4. Age6-Puberty: Latency -> Desires to repress sexual and aggressive behaviors
5. Puberty and on: Genital Stage -> Desires to have sexual relationships

Freud claims that failure to solve or repress the sexual desires that a child has in each stage will result in problematic social behaviors later on. This includes smoking, nail-biting, obesity for failing to overcome the oral stage and messiness and temper tantrums for failing to overcome the anal stage.

Answer 3

Both Freud and Erikson are psychoanalysts who believe that personality development is influenced by early childhood experiences. They both emphasize the importance of unconscious processes in shaping behavior and personality. Additionally, both theories highlight the significance of resolving internal conflicts for psychological growth.

Answer 4

They both believed in the unconscious, and they both believed that dream interpretation aided the treatment of the patient.

Answer 5

They both believed that the content of dreams should be interpreted, and that this would help in treating the patient.