Which question provides the best example of the concept of generativity versus stagnation?
a. Will my work benefit the next generation?
b. Do I know who I am?
c. Should I get married?
d. Will my choice of college major lead to a career in which I will make a lot of money?
Question 2Twenty-eight-year-old Serge is a typical young adult. As such, Erikson would suggest that Sergi is most concerned about
a. dying young.
b. the shame he experienced as a toddler.
c. finding a job.
d. establishing an intimate long-term love relationship.
Question 3Rachel is 15 years old. She spends countless hours alone and in conversation with her peers trying to figure out what it is she wants to do with her life. Rachel is in which of the following of Erikson's psychosocial stages?
a. Identity versus role confusion
b. Industry versus inferiority
c. Initiative versus guilt
d. Intimacy versus isolation
Question 4Erikson used the phrase _____ to characterize the key element of adolescence.
a. sexual exploration
b. identity crisis
c. guilt heaped upon guilt
d. reciprocal determinism
Question 5Rather than a sense of inferiority, eight-year-old Zeke has developed a sense of mastery in all his academic endeavors. Erikson would say that Zeke has a strong sense of
a. generativity.
b. integrity.
c. autonomy.
d. industry.
Question 6The preschool-aged child is typically in which of Erikson's psychosocial stages?
a. Intimacy versus isolation
b. Identity versus role confusion
c. Initiative versus guilt
d. Integrity versus despair
Question 7Erikson emphasized the importance of a caregiver's _____ in predicting the impact of early life experience on later development.
a. general responsiveness
b. age
c. sex
d. intelligence
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