Adolescents Are Better Able to Answer the Questions "Who Am

question 712

Multiple Choice

Adolescents are better able to answer the questions "Who am I?" and "Who will I be?" after they attain which stage of cognitive development?

• A)formal operational
• B)concrete operational
• C)initiative versus industry
• D)generativity

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Definitions:

Personality

The unique set of emotional, thought, and behavioral patterns that define an individual's character and ways of interacting with the environment.

Environmental Influences

Factors within an individual's surroundings that affect their behavior, development, and life outcomes.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory suggesting the development of an individual's sexual identity progresses through several discrete stages from childhood to adulthood, each defined by a specific conflict and focus on different areas of the body.

Anal-retentive Trait

A personality characteristic linked with the psychoanalytic theory of Freud, often associated with a person who is overly orderly, precise, and resistant to change.