By the time children reach their twelfth birthday, they should have learned to trust others and should have developed a sense of:
a. Identity. c. Integrity.
b. Industry. d. Intimacy.
ANS: B
Industry is the developmental task of school-age children. By age 12 years, children engage in tasks that they can carry through to completion. They learn to compete and cooperate with others, and they learn rules. Identity versus role confusion is the developmental task of adolescence. Integrity and intimacy are not developmental tasks of childhood.
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