In Comparing Erikson and Freud, It Would Be Most Accurate

question 6

Multiple Choice

In comparing Erikson and Freud, it would be most accurate to say that

• A) Erikson puts more emphasis on cognitive skills for basic gratification.
• B) Freud places more emphasis on shifts in the demands of the social environment.
• C) Freud pays less attention to physical maturation.
• D) Erikson places more emphasis on psychosocial crises.
• E) Freud's central concept is the development of an identity.

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Definitions:

Lawrence Kohlberg

An American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development.

Moral Development

The process through which individuals develop proper attitudes and behaviors towards other people in society, based on social and cultural norms, rules, and laws.

Preconventional

The first level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development, where moral understanding is based on rewards and punishments associated with different actions.

Conventional

Pertaining to accepted norms or standards in a society or a group.