Childhood experiences

• Placed an importance and emphasis on early childhood experiences in shaping personality and behaviour
• In our natural state (when we are babies), we are biological beings and are driven primarily by instincts (ID)
• During childhood, however, we begin to become social beings as we learn how to manage our instincts (Superego) and transform them into socially acceptable behaviours (Ego)
• Freud believed the type of parenting the child receives has a very powerful impact on the child’s personality development according to a Freudian