Compare and Contrast of Piaget's developmental theory with Sigmund Freud

Compare and Contrast of Piaget's developmental theory with Sigmund Freud

Introduction

In this paper the information of developing stages of human are discussed which has been proposed by Jean Piaget and Sigmund Freud, Piaget's theory of cognitive development: this theory was presented by Piaget on the development and the nature of intelligence of human. In this theory comprehensively provide the information of developing stage of human and how knowledge can be obtained progressively, not only obtain but how to build and how to exercise it. And Segment is also well known theorist when he proposed the theory of personality development. In this theory his emphasis on importance of childhood experiences and activities, and his focus of theory is on mental disorders instead of its normal functioning. Like other stages of theory Freud's Psychosexual Development has the stages. If these stages successfully covered then it becomes a successful personality or it can be a resultant of unsuccessful personality in case of failure. This is very controversial theory as Freud made the stages which are based on erogenous zone. The contrast and comparison of both theories are discussed below.

Compare and contrast of Jean Piaget with Sigmund Freud

Jean Piaget Theory

Piaget's theory of cognitive development: this theory was presented by Piaget on the development and the nature of intelligence of human. In this theory comprehensively provide the information of developing stage of human and how knowledge can be obtained progressively, not only obtain but how to build and how to exercise it. According to Piaget's the development of cognitive is the origin of human organism and human language is contingent on the development of human cognitive process (Wadsworth, B. J. (1996).

Piaget study focused on assimilation and accommodation by adaptation. For that we need to know about assimilation, it is the method of taking things into human's mind from its surrounding, which may be changing the mean to make them fit into their mind by gathering evidence, whereas accommodation is the process of assimilation or to made the differentiations into human's mind. They must go together you cannot neglect any one of them. Later on classification comes in contact as it's the ability to set objects collectively on the basis of their features which is common among them, here comes the class addition as to make understanding on class in advanced way instead of simple classification. For better understanding we have an example (that a class of lions. There is a class of animals as well. So all lions are animals, simply the class of animals comprises that lions too), the recognition of that objects being stayed at same point actually they are not as same or they prepared to look different. Also has given the idea or the capability to turn into other classification from one, in an appropriate way. He has given the idea of egocentrism which belief that humans are at the centre of this universe and all the things revolves around us, said that it ...