Today in class, we researched various theories of personality of different psychologists. Two that stood out to me were Freud's theories of personality. While one theory seemed logical (id, superego, and ego), the other (psychosexual theory) did not seem realistic. Although certain parts of the latter theory made some sense, his third stage simply seemed amoral and wrong (according to the source I read, a child would develop feelings for a parent of the opposite gender between the ages of 3 and 5). Based upon what I have seen of children of that age, that theory appears illogical and incorrect.
In addition, the sources that I read stated that Freud's theories have mostly been unable to prove, and have thus been believed to be incorrect. Upon reading this, I was wondering how Freud came up with such theories, as he did not have experimental evidence for many of them. Did he just assume things from seeing children and then made hypotheses that he did not prove? Or did he just draw false conclusion from minimal evidence?
I believe Freud had some good points when talking about the personality development, however, I would have to agree with you about the psychosexual theory. It just doesn't seem correct to me.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree with you about the psychosexual theory. It's unrealistic to assume that a person's entire life is governed by their sexual desires. There are many other factors that go into decision making, and it doesn't seem reasonable that a child would have these feelings.
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