Unlike Freud,Erik Erikson
A) primarily focused on the importance of early life experiences.
B) viewed children as taking a more active role in their own development.
C) minimized the role of culture in individual development.
D) pointed out that normal development must be understood in relation to each culture's life situation.

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Erik Erikson emphasized the importance of cultural context in shaping individual development and believed that normal development must be understood in relation to each culture's life situation. He also viewed children as taking an active role in their own development, in contrast to Freud's emphasis on early life experiences shaping personality.