Psychological Principles Of Values Development

Question 1

Psychodynamic Theory - Sigmund Freud

Answer 1

Infant - primitive drives and instincts
Need of food and physical comfort

First few years - ‘ego’
Late preschool - concscience

Question 2

Erik H. Erikson - Psychosocial Theory

Answer 2

Series of developmental tasks - people face and resolve in some way. An individual does not stuck in a phase. The old issue is reworked in the context of current tasks.

Question 3

Alfred Adler - Individual Psychology

Answer 3

The main motivation is not sexual aggressive urges but striving for superiority. Children naturally feel weak and inadequate in comparison to adults.