1. The Behavior Theories of Freud and B.F. Skinner
... person then becomes fixated at the uncompleted stage, which results in problems later in life (Miller & Shelly, 2001, p. 34). The five stages that Freud came up with are: anal, genital, latent, oral and phallic. The anal stage which starts when the child is two years old and the focus of pleasure shifts to the anus rather than oral (which will be ... consequences. Skinner liked to focus on how the outside environment mould and affects our behavior. Skinner's theory accounts for personality development by explaining how various response tendencies are acquired through learning (Weiten, 2...
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