Question

Compare and Contrast Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development with Freud’s five stages. Which do you think better describes our stages of development as we grow? (Please help!)

Answer 1

Freud's explains better as it more detailed

Explanation:

Piaget series:
Sensorimotor:
- 0-2 Years
- Discover the world by using senses and motor activity e.g. a child
putting things in their mouth while playing

Pre-operational
- 2-7 Years
- The child is egocentric. Language and memory are developing e.g. Begin to use sentences and remember where things have been put

Concrete Operational
- 7-11 Years
- Can only solve problems that are in front of them e.g. a child doing math problems in school

Formal Operational
- 11+ Years
- Can now use abstract thoughts and do problems mentally e.g. can now understand the importance of relationships

Freud's Stages:
Old
Age
Pensioners
Like
Guineas

Odd I know. But it will help you remember it:
Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital

Oral stage
- 0-18 months
- Focus of the libido is the mouth
- Child is being breastfed/weaned
- Children are passive, receptive and dependent
- Explore the world with mouths

Anal Stage
- 1-3 years
- Focus of the libido is on the anus
- Being potty trained
- Ego develops as parents begin to impose restrictions
- The first time a child will experience control (expulsion and retention of faeces)

Phallic Stage
- 3-6 years
- Focus on genitals Curious about genitals
- Superego develops through the resolution of Oedipus (for boys) or
Electra (for girls) complex
- By identifying with the same sex parent it leads to the formation of
the child's gender identity

Latency Stage
- 7 years - Puberty
- Focus is on same sex friendships Events from previous stages are
repressed into the unconscious

Genital Stage
- Puberty - Adolescence
- Adult personality is formed Interested in the opposite sex
- Repressed issues from previous stages may begin to cause a problem

Freud's stages probably make more sense as it goes into more detail and it is easier to follow which means we are able to clearly see how a child will develop.