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theo · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

The psychosocial developmental stage of maturity that lasts the longest is the:

a. muscular-anal stage.
c. adulthood stage.
b. locomotor-genital stage.
d. latency stage.

Question 2

Identify a true statement about people who are unable to develop positive relationships during young adulthood.

a. They prefer to live in isolation.
b. They avoid social contacts and reject other people.
c. They fear intimacy.
d. All of these are correct.

Cheesycrackers · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Adulthood, approximately ages 3555, is a stage of maturity in which we need to be actively involved in teaching and guiding the next generation.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: People who are unable to establish intimacies in young adulthood will develop feelings of isolation. They avoid social contacts, reject other people, and may even become aggressive toward them. They prefer to be alone because they fear intimacy as a threat to their ego identity.