Blog Post 2

In chapter 2, I found psychoanalytic theory to be very interesting. There were two different ideas, one from Freud and one from Erikson. Freud's theory was based off of one's sexual personalities and habits were formed in their childhood, and carry over into their adulthood. What really surprised me was how there's three different stages in childhood. The first one being oral, like sucking. Then the anus stage, where children learn how to go to the bathroom on their own. After that is the phallic stage. A stage where boys learn they have a penis, and girls become envious of that, which I don't really understand that. After that stage is two more, latency, and the genital stage. I really did not know this all existed, but I find it really interesting! An example of this is a picture of a little girl examining a naked statue of a woman. In Freudian theory, the girl could be in the phalic stage, which means she could be feeling deprived due to not having a penis. Erikson's theory has eight developmental stages. He calls them psychosocial. One of the most famous stages is the identity crisis one, where during adolescence teens go through different identities. I know from growing up that is definitely true because I look a lot different than I used to in middle school, and I changed my hair millions of times, along with my wardrobe.