Erik Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development Is A

question 27

Multiple Choice

Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development is a:

• A)series of stages, each of which has a unique developmental task to be dealt with.
• B)process of growing increasingly self-confident through the years as one's competence improves.
• C)series of stages in which people develop increasingly more sophisticated social skills.
• D)progression of increasingly more abstract understandings of social situations.

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Standard Deviation

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