Week 1 Human Growth and Development Project

Running head: WEEK 1 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 1
Week 1 Human Growth and Development Project
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WEEK 1 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 2
Week 1: The Early Theories of Human Development
Human development can be described as a series of age-related changes, which
occurs over a lifespan. Famous psychologists have developed various human development
theories, which include Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud, and Erik Erickson. A stage in the
development theory is a period in which individuals exhibit typical behavior patterns as well
as establish different capacities.
Sigmund Freud Theory (Psychosexual Theory)
Freud development theory is a psychoanalytic theory whereby human being develops
in personal life in similar activities, which are given a basic significance for human
development. Therefore, the determination of the mode of the behavior of humans was based
on sex and aggression. This theory stipulates that human development seek the integral
person who has the ability to meet each of the stages effectively. Upon meeting these
development stages, an individual can mature in relation to the age leading to the experiential
climax. Sigmund Freud indicated that this development is converted into five stages, which
have a good event or bad experience, which may develop strange behaviors (Freud, 2015).
According to Freud’s theory, these stages were the oral stage, which covers the first
18 months of a human beings life. The second stage is the anal stage that originates from the
oral stage and extends to 3 years of age. The phallic stage begins from three to 6 years of
age, and the latency stage starts from 7 years, which goes all the way to the onset of puberty
(Dobinson, Hoyt, Seidler, Beaumont, Hullmann, & Lawsin, 2016). In addition, Freud
managed to divide the personality into three instances: the instinctive personality, the ego,
which is the real personality and the ethical moral (Super-ego).
Erickson Theory of Development (Psychosocial Theory)
Eriksson developed his theory from the ego personality of Freud human development.
According to Erikson’s theory, human development is to be understood based on the context