Sidney Has Been a Teacher for 23 Years

question 199

Multiple Choice

Sidney has been a teacher for 23 years. He has been feeling trapped in "this life" for the last five years and finds his teaching efforts unappreciated and poorly compensated. So, in the middle of the semester, he quits his job, divorces his wife, and moves to a large city to start over in a sales job. Erikson would say that Sidney was experiencing

• A)stagnation.
• B)isolation.
• C)despair.
• D)role confusion.

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Definitions:

Mental Processes

Internal operations that underlie cognitive and emotional functions such as thinking, reasoning, and feeling.

Covert Processes

Internal, mental activities that are not directly observable, such as thinking, reasoning, and imagining.

Biopsychological

An interdisciplinary approach that explores the complex interactions between biological processes and psychological phenomena.

Case Study

A detailed examination of a single subject, group, or event to explore or investigate its developmental patterns over time.