What Can a Society Do to Support People's Sense of Initiative

question 85

Multiple Choice

What can a society do to support people's sense of initiative, according to Erikson's theory?

• A) reward their efforts
• B) provide cultural models or prototypes
• C) pay them well
• D) Nothing; based on childhood experience, you either have initiative or you don't.

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