Author Question: Allen's wife died almost one year ago. For a long period, he experienced overwhelming emotional ... (Read 23 times)

meagbuch · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Allen's wife died almost one year ago. For a long period, he experienced overwhelming emotional turmoil. In the past few weeks, however, he seems to have pulled himself together and started to make the transition into being a widower. According to the Parkes/Bowlby model, Allen is best classified as now being in a state of

a. yearning.
b. numbness.
c. reorganization.
d. disorganization and despair.

Question 2

Hoffman is planning to enter the family's plastics business as soon as he graduates from high school. His parents have a job for him in their shop, and they expect that Hoffman will eventually run the business. Hoffman has never questioned this career goal. According to Erikson, Hoffman's identity status is best described as

a. identity diffusion.
b. identity achievement.
c. moratorium status.
d. identity foreclosure.