Erotogenic Zone Model

I will choose Erikson to defend in this assignment due to his belief that in early childhood gives a child the time to develop a confident self-image which gives them a more effective way of controlling their emotions. They also grasp new social skills as well as the foundations of morality, and a clear sense of themselves as boy or girl (Berk, 2007, p 256). “Erikson was the first to expand Freud's problematic erotogenic zone model in his subtle concept of ‘organ modes.’ Prior to Erikson, it was assumed that activity associated with the pleasure inherent in each zone provided the basis for psychological modalities such as dependency and oral aggression, and for specific mechanisms such as incorporation and projection. Erikson's concept of organ

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