Psychological perspectives of human growth and developmentThe psychodynamic theory founded by Sigmund Freud will be analyzed below. It will focus on the components of the 'mind' including the Conscious, the preconscious proper and the Unconscious. Examining his Personality structure with reference to the 'Id', the 'Ego' and the 'Superego'. Freud's proposal of the stages within his “psychosexual development” will be discussed. It will then focus on the humanistic theory of Carl Rogers, explaining his concept of the 'actualising tendency' and incorporating his creations of the 'self-concept', the 'organismic self' and the 'ideal self'. As a contribution to Roger's work, Abraham Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" is also highlighted. Freud and Rogers will then be compared and contrasted, focusing on the childhood stage of human development. According to Freud, there are three levels of Consciousness within the mind. The 'conscious' contains thoughts and feelings of which we are fully aware, can be verbalized and thought about logically. The 'proper preconscious' contains memories that can only be brought back into the 'Conscious' if thought about. Information is easily shared between the conscious and preconscious proper. The “Unconscious”. The material here is considered painful and “repressed” (locked away), but still has the power to influence our actions. 'We have conscious thoughts that we are aware of and unconscious thoughts that appear in our mind in the form of dreams. Furthermore, what happens in our conscious mind in turn influences what thoughts filter through our unconscious mind' (Gross, The Science of Mind and Behavior, 2010) (Ingleby, 2006, p. 7) Freud linked this to a model of Iceberg. The tip acts as the 10% in relation to Consciousness as only the...... half of the paper......ross, R. (2010). Psychology: the science and mind of behavior. London: Hodder Education.Ingleby, E. (2006). Psychology applied to social work. Glasgow: Bell & Bain Ltd. Kazlev, M. (2004, August 13). Sigmund Freud. Retrieved November 7, 2010, from Psychoanalytic Psychology: http://www.kheper.net/topics/psychology/Freud.htmlR.Shaffer, D. (1946). Developmental psychology of child development. California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. Rogers, C. (1959). A theory of therapy, personality, and interpersonal relationships. New York: McGraw Hill. Rogers, C. (1961). Becoming a person: A therapist's view of psychotherapy. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. Rowan, J. (2001). Ordinary ecstasy: The dialects of humanistic psychology (3rd edn). Hove: Brunner-Routledge.Shaffer, D. R. (1946). Developmental, childhood and adolescent psychology. California: Brooks/Cole.