Eric Has Just Completed High School and Is Doing His

question 30

Multiple Choice

Eric has just completed high school and is doing his internship. He is living at home and attends graduate school. He makes decent money but cannot afford his own apartment. He has a girlfriend but is not yet ready to commit to marriage. He feels that he has overcome adolescence but is not fully an adult yet. In the context of the characteristics of emerging adulthood theorized by Jeffrey Arnett, Eric is _____.

• A) illustrating egocentrism
• B) illustrating narcissism
• C) experiencing the feature of feeling in-between
• D) experiencing the feature of possibilities

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Definitions:

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Psychopathology

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