... through early years the child's behaviour develops at different times if a three year old wets the bed it could just be an unfortunate accident but in a six year old it could be a problem. Within the presentation the section of behaviour that I focused upon was that of the family and how this can influence a child's behaviour. Davenport (1994,p.113) suggests that in the family home environment if there is a temporary or permanent separation of the parents this can result in emotional difficulties. Theorist like Freud believed that everybody has many defence mechanisms these are through the unconscious mind but they are perfectly normal ways of dealing with our anxieties. Freud psychoanalysis was intended to be able to free these anxieties and then they can be repressed back into the unconscious (in Bee, 2003 p 339). Freud than encouraged the child to face whatever caused the anxiety and ...

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