Donna Just Turned 50, and She Feels as If She

question 85

Multiple Choice

Donna just turned 50, and she feels as if she is not making any real contributions through the career she has chosen. She is starting to believe that her life is meaningless and that it has had no purpose up until now. Based on Erikson's theory, it is likely that Donna 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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