Sigmund Freud is the most famous among those who work in the field of psychology, especially because of the development of people known as psychosexual development. Humanistic followers approach psychology with different views on how to develop people and believe that free will and the notion of responsibility and purpose are responsible for who we are (Goodwin, 2005).
Freud’s psychosexual development consists of five stages: oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital. Each stage plays a role in the child’s child-development but is sometimes denied by cultural constraints as stated by Williams and Gagnon (1998).The oral stage, from birth to one and a half years of age, is when the child will be affected. It feeds the mother. This unconscious emotion can act throughout life. The second stage, which is known as the analytic stage, is mainly based on the training period of the child , whether to satisfy his pleasurable libido to “let go” of his bowel movements or to “hold” and restrain himself. The third stage of Freud’s psychosexual development This is when children between the ages of three and six have sexual feelings towards a parent of the opposite sex. develop with its difficulties the realization of impossible desires. The latent stage is Freud’s fourth stage, that is, when children between the ages of five and twelve gradually withdraw from their growing desires and instead look to direct other figures in their lives and learn about their responsibilities and the consequences of their actions. Freud’s fifth and final stage of psychological development is the genital stage, when children reach adolescence and leave their childish lives behind and become adults (Garcia, J.L., 1995).
Freud strongly believed that childhood experiences play a large role in the way adults behave and that many mental problems are hidden among childhood experiences (Goodwin, 2005). He believed that each of his defined steps would leave a lasting impression on the child, whether he was aware of it or not, and therefore shaped who they would become (Garcia, J.L., 1995).
Humanists such as Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers rejected the idea that events that occur early in life place bonds that develop into a person. Rather, they felt that each person had free will to make their own life decisions and become who they want based on what they felt was their purpose in life (Goodwin, 2005). In order to become the person you are supposed to be, humanists believed in a concept known as self-actualization, when you are fully satisfied with who you are and have reached your full potential and then you can help others since you can no longer. they care about becoming who you want to be (Greene, L. & Burke, G., 2007). You can reach this level of self-actualization in part because of the concept of free will; You have nothing to shape who you become except yourself.
I believe that we develop our concept through a combination of both Freud’s views and a sampling of the humanists views as well. Although we believe that we have free will to create who we want to be based on our desire to feel like we have a purpose in life, we also believe that certain experiences we have earlier in life have the effect we want. to be. As a child, if you spend time with your loving stay at home mother, you may develop a longing. let the latter be the same, but that still pleases me.
References
Garcia, J.L. (1995). Freud’s psychosexual conception: A metaphor for developmental counseling. Consulting Journal & Progress, 73, 498-502.
Greene, L. & Burke, G. (2007). Acts beyond themselves. Journal of the Department of Health and Human Services Administration, 30 , 116-128.
Goodwin, C.J. (2005). AHistory of Modern Psychology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
William, S. & Gagnon, J. (1998). Psychosexual development. Society, 35(2), 60-67.
