Don Just Turned 65,and He Feels as If He Made

question 236

Multiple Choice

Don just turned 65,and he feels as if he made no real contributions through his career.He is starting to believe that his life has been meaningless and that it has had no purpose.Based on Erikson's theory,it is likely that Don will:

• A) develop a sense of despair.
• B) become stagnated.
• C) develop feelings of generativity.
• D) show evidence of role confusion.

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Definitions:

Effort

The amount of physical or mental energy expended to achieve a goal.

Social Facilitation

The tendency for people to perform differently when in the presence of others than when alone, typically improving on simple or well-practiced tasks.

Festinger

A psychologist known for his theory of cognitive dissonance, which suggests that people experience psychological discomfort when holding two or more contradictory beliefs.

Cognitive Dissonance

A psychological phenomenon where an individual experiences discomfort due to holding conflicting beliefs or attitudes, leading to an alteration in one of the beliefs or attitudes to reduce the discomfort.