Failure to Adapt at One Developmental Stage

question 32

Multiple Choice

Failure to adapt at one developmental stage

• A) dooms the person to failure at later stages.
• B) leads to despair instead of ego integrity.
• C) can be corrected by success at a later stage.
• D) prevents development of the superego.

Understand the principles of a double-blind research design and its role in reducing bias.

Identify biases in research methodology, including experimenter bias, response set, and social desirability bias.

Understand the concept of primary process thinking in psychoanalytic theory.

Recognize the significance of free associations, dreams, and transferences in psychoanalytic therapy.

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