For Erikson, the Stimulus for Continued Growth in Middle Age

question 34

Multiple Choice

For Erikson, the stimulus for continued growth in middle age is the core struggle of  

• A)intimacy vs. isolation. 
• B)identity vs. identity confusion. 
• C)generativity vs. stagnation. 
• D)integrity vs. despair.

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Definitions:

Prosopagnosia

The inability to recognize familiar faces.

Magical Thinking

Belief in causal relationships between actions and events which logically cannot be justified by reason and observation.

Causal Attribution

A mental process of figuring out the reasons behind certain behaviors and outcomes, attributing them to internal or external factors.

Cause-and-Effect

A relationship where one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect), establishing a connection between two or more phenomena.