In one of the grand theories of Freud vs. Erikson, I am strongly in favor of Erikson’s ideas as opposed to Sigmund Freud, in the fact that I agree that children’s developmental stages are more psychosocial than psychosexual. For example, I have two children of my own which I can correlate a lot of their behavior to Erikson’s stages. Babies cry in signal to their parents that something is wrong, when they feel nurtured and either the mother or father tend to their needs, such as diapering or feeding then they gain a sense of trust in their caregivers. My two year old son is at the stage now of initiative vs. guilt; whereas he has an adventurous spirit that leads him to “undertake many adult like activities” (Berger, 2014, p. 40). He is strong…
