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According to Erikson, when middle-aged people cannot or will not find an outlet for generativity, they:
 
  a. lose their strengths of competence, purpose, and fidelity.
  b. may become overwhelmed by stagnation and regress to a stage of pseudo-intimacy.
  c. adopt the behaviors of older, and more mature, adults.
  d. may join as many organizations as possible to satisfy their ego.

Question 2

Erikson's depiction of emotional difficulties in middle age is similar to:
 
  a. Freud's description of ego development.
  b. Jung's description of the midlife crisis.
  c. Adler's description of individual psychology.
  d. Horney's description of middle-age anxiety.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: When middle-aged people cannot or will not find an outlet for generativity, they may become overwhelmed by stagnation, boredom, and interpersonal impoverishment. And they may become physical or psychological invalids because of their absorption with their own needs and comforts.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: When middle-aged people cannot or will not find an outlet for generativity, they may become overwhelmed by stagnation, boredom, and interpersonal impoverishment. Erikson's depiction of these emotional difficulties in middle age is similar to Jung's description of the midlife crisis.


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