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The biggest difference between the theories of Freud and Erikson is that Erikson believed ?

Correct answer: A. That culture rather than biology plays the biggest part in socialization

  • A. That culture rather than biology plays the biggest part in socialization
  • B. that psychology is the dominant theory the social sciences
  • C. that biology/genetics explains everything
  • D. that there is no such thing as a superego
  • E. that men lacks a system of checks and balances in his life

Explanation

Freud placed greater emphasis on biological drives, whereas Erikson explained personality development through psychosocial stages shaped by social relationships and culture. Erikson did not reject biology, but he gave social experience a much larger role.

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