In his psychosocial theory, Erik Erikson emphasized that
A) conflicts about anal control may appear if parents toilet train before children are ready.
B) in addition to mediating between id impulses and superego demands, the ego makes a positive contribution to development.
C) children feel a sexual desire for the other-sex parent.
D) directly observable events-stimuli and responses-are the appropriate focus of study.

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Erikson believed that the ego makes a positive contribution to development by mediating between id impulses and superego demands, as well as by enabling individuals to establish a sense of identity that integrates their various experiences and roles. This focus on the ego's developmental role was a departure from Sigmund Freud's emphasis on the primitive id and the socialized superego.

In His Psychosocial Theory, Erik Erikson Emphasized That