CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Alfred Adler believed that Freud’s theories focused too heavily on sex as the primary motivator for human behavior. 3 Instead, Adler placed a lesser emphasis on the role of the unconscious and a greater focus on interpersonal and social influences.

Detailed explanation-2: -While Sigmund Freud emphasized the functions of the ego, Neo-Freudians placed an even greater emphasis on the ego and suggested that the ego has more control than the id in our everyday activities. In terms of personality development, Neo-Freudians focused more on the effects of society and culture.

Detailed explanation-3: -Freud believed that we are motivated by sexual and aggressive urges, but Adler (1930, 1961) believed that feelings of inferiority in childhood are what drive people to attempt to gain superiority and that this striving is the force behind all of our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two reasons for neo-Freudians to veer away from Freud’s ideas? 1. They placed more emphasis on the conscious mind in interpreting experience and coping with environment.-Instead, they tended to emphasize loftier motives and social interactions.