Author Question: Erikson suggests that the failure of a person to adapt at one developmental stage: a. dooms the ... (Read 78 times)

Pea0909berry · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Erikson suggests that the failure of a person to adapt at one developmental stage:

a. dooms the person to failure at later stages.
b. can displace the person's true developing self.
c. can be corrected successfully at a later stage.
d. prevents the development of the superego.

Question 2

Erikson believes that basic strengths:

a. are goals to strive for but not reach.
b. are potentially achievable by everyone.
c. cannot be fully expressed because of id interference.
d. are biologically determined and inevitable.

spencer.martell · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Erikson's theory allows for optimism because each stage of psychosocial growth, although centered on a crisis, offers the possibility of a positive outcome. We are capable of resolving each situation in a way that is both adaptive and strengthening. Even if we fail at one stage and develop a maladaptive response or a basic weakness, there is hope for change at a later stage.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: A personality theorist who delineates basic human strengths presents an optimistic view of human nature. Erikson believed that although not everyone is successful in attaining hope, purpose, wisdom, and the other virtues, we all have the potential to do so. Nothing in our nature prevents it.