Which theorist focused on how perception and the nature of "knowing" evolve in adulthood?
a. Erickson
b. Freud
c. Perry
d. Sullivan
C
Perry identified positions, or stages of knowing, that he described as linear, or occurring in a specific order, with each succeeding position dependent upon the previous one. The first position is dualism, in which the knower sees him- or herself as passive and authorities as all-knowing. The next position is multiplicity, in which the knower recognizes that authorities may not always have the right answer and that the knower can have a personal opinion. The third position is relativism, in which the individual comes to understand that any apparent truth is valid primarily in a particular situation.
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