Keiko Is a 32-Year-Old Client Who Recently Graduated from Medical

question 9

Multiple Choice

Keiko is a 32-year-old client who recently graduated from medical school and began a residency in neurosurgery. She loves the career she is embarking on but is single and often feels lonely. Based on Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, which of the following is the developmental crisis Keiko faces?

• A) Intimacy versus isolation
• B) Integrity versus despair
• C) Generativity versus stagnation
• D) Identity versus confusion

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Definitions:

Moods

Persistent emotional states that are less specific than emotions and not necessarily linked to a particular stimulus.

Emotions

Complex psychological states that involve three distinct components: a subjective experience, a physiological response, and a behavioral or expressive response.

Affects

Refers to the experience of feeling or emotion.

Attitudes

A mental inclination that is demonstrated by assessing a specific entity with a certain level of preference or antipathy.