1. Theorists Karley Hutchinson Maggie Hanrahan Sigmund Freud and Eric Erickson

2. Eric Erickson Erickson’s theory: 1) The world gets bigger as we go along 2) Failure is cumulative. Born: 15 June 1902) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany Died: 12 May 1994) (aged 91) in Harwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

3. Erickson's Stages

4. Explanation Explanations: He divided life in to eight stages spanning from birth to death. Since adulthood covers a span of many years, Erikson divided the stages of adulthood into the experiences of young adults, middle aged adults and older adults.

5. Sigismund Schlomo Freud Freud’s Theory: Id, ego, and super-ego Freud’s Life: born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939), was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis.

6. Freud's Theory

7. Explanation Freud proposed that the human psyche could be divided into three parts: Id, ego, and super-ego the id is the impulsive, child-like portion of the psyche that operates on the "pleasure principle" and only takes into account what it want and disregards all consequences. The super-ego is the moral component of the psyche, which takes into account no special circumstances in which the morally right thing may not be right for a given situation.

8. Contrasting Erickson and Freud Freud has to do with the mind Erikson’s has to with the 8 stages life

9. Comparing Erickson and Freud Childhood studies Theorizing about children’s minds How the world views and judges children

10. References For Erickson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Erikson - Erickson’s information http://www.learningplaceonline.com/stages/organize/Erikson.htm- Erickson’s Stages For Freud: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com – Photo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud - Freud’s Info and theory