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Freud's psychosexual stages involve 5 stages of development from birth through adulthood centered around erogenous zones and the id's demand for pleasure conflicting with the ego's demands of society. The stages include oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. Alfred Adler's individual psychology focuses on how people strive for superiority and belonging. Adler believed this drive stems from feelings of imperfection from childhood and influences personality. His holistic theory addressed equality, parenting, birth order, lifestyle, and the whole individual.

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Freud's psychosexual stages involve 5 stages of development from birth through adulthood centered around erogenous zones and the id's demand for pleasure conflicting with the ego's demands of society. The stages include oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. Alfred Adler's individual psychology focuses on how people strive for superiority and belonging. Adler believed this drive stems from feelings of imperfection from childhood and influences personality. His holistic theory addressed equality, parenting, birth order, lifestyle, and the whole individual.

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EVALUATION:

QUIZ 1:

I. ESSAY. Answer the following questions briefly.

1. In your own words, give and explain Freud’s Psychosexual Stages.

According to Freud, the development of the personality was synonymous with the
development of drives particularly sexual ones. He argued that an individual progress
through five stages of psychosexual development and this development occurs primarily
in early childhood, and memories of the conflicts associated with each stage are
typically restrained.

There are 5 stages in Psychosexual Stages. The first one is the “Oral Stage”,
from birth to 18 months. In this stage, child becomes more focused on oral pleasures
though the nursing of breast milk (sucking). Some difficulties that could occur during this
stage are that it could lead to an oral personality in adulthood such as biting nails,
smoking, drinking and overly dependent on others. The second one is the “Anal Stage”
from 18 months to 3 years old. The primary conflict during the anal stage is that it
centers on the toilet training. The id, which demands instant satisfaction, conflicts with
the ego, which meets cultural demands for control. A problem that may occur during this
stage is it can produce an anally retentive, excessively controlling and organized
personality, or an anally expulsive, reckless personality. The third stage is the “Phallic
Stage”, from 3 to 6 years old. The phallic stage causes increased concentration on the
penis for boys, and penis envy awareness and resentment at one’s lack of a penis in
girls. The Oedipal conflict, a central conflict in Freudian psychology, occurs during this
time. A boy develops a strong affinity for his mother and a desire to defeat and
overcome his father. Carl Jung proposed a similar conflict, the Electra Complex, for
girls, although Freud advocated for no such conflict. The fourth one is “Latency Period”,
from 6 to puberty. Children enter a latency period where there are no obviouos
psychosexual conflicts. Freud argued that during this period, children consolidate the
lesson learned during other stages of psychosexual development and restrained
memories of earlier conflicts. Children may become “stuck” at this stage, may become
sexually unfulfilled and immature kids. The last one is the “Genital Period”, children
develop normal, healthy adult sexuality and gain independent from their parents. Unlike
in the phallic stage, a person now has a fully developed ego and superego, and is
therefore able to balance the desire for instant satisfaction with the need to comply with
social and ethical norms.
2. In your own words, what does Alfred Adler Individual Psychology is all about?

Alfred Adlers individual psychology is all about how every person has the same
desire in life that influences personality. Adler addresses that crucial and contemporary
issue as equality, parent education, the influence of birth order, life style, and the holism
of individuals. He believed that we all have one basic desire and goal and that is to
belong and to feel significant. That is why he developed the first holistic theory of
personality, psychopathology, and psychotherapy that was intimately connected to a
humanistic philosophy of living.

Adler's theory suggested that every person has a sense of imperfection. From
childhood, people work toward overcoming this imperfection by "striving for superiority."
Adler believed that this drive was the motivating force behind human behaviors,
emotions, and thoughts. According to Adler if a person felt encourage, capable and
appreciated the positive vibe will generally act and cooperative way. But when we felt
down and discourage it will also affect our actions. Alfred Adler's theories have played
an essential role in a number of areas including therapy and child development.

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