Learning Outcomes Explain Freud’s psychodynamic theory as it applies to early childhood Explain Erikson’s psychosocial theory as it applies to early childhood Freud’s Theory  Children pass through two stages of Freud’s theory during early childhood: stage 2 (anal stage) and stage 3 (phallic stage). The anal stage begins around 18 months of age and lasts … Continue reading Psychodynamic and Psychosocial Theories of Early Childhood