Donna Is Upset Because She Has Returned to College in Her

question 162

Multiple Choice

Donna is upset because she has returned to college in her late 30s. She feels so "old" and out of step compared to the other students, who nearly all are in their late teens and early twenties. Donna's feeling best reflect the issues surrounding the concept of:

• A) idiosyncratic events
• B) intimacy
• C) postformal thought
• D) age clocks

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