Jessica, 16, Is in the Process of Deciding What She

question 88

Multiple Choice

Jessica, 16, is in the process of deciding what she wants to study in college. She wants to be an engineer one day and a painter the next day. Erik Erikson would say Jessica is in the ________ stage of development.

• A) intimacy versus isolation
• B) identity versus identity confusion
• C) initiative versus guilt
• D) industry versus inferiority

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