Unlike Freud, Erikson _____.

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Erikson emphasized the impact of family and culture in his theory of psychosocial development, while Freud's theory of psychosexual development focused mainly on the individual's own experiences and unconscious conflicts. Erikson also believed that development continues throughout life, and that adult problems can reflect unresolved childhood issues, but this does not differentiate him from Freud as both believed that childhood experiences play an important role in shaping personality. Finally, both Freud and Erikson were psychoanalytic psychologists.