Kristi's mother finds four-year-old Kristi in the kitchen, mixing up a muffin mix and making a marvelous mess! Kristi announces, "Surprise! I'm making dinner!" Kristi's mother squelches her desire to yell at Kristi and with great control says, "Oh, how nice! Can I help?" She responds in this way because she has been studying Erik Erikson's theory in her psychology class and she knows that
Kristi's behavior is typical of a child in the stage of
a. autonomy versus shame and doubt.
b. intimacy versus isolation.
c. initiative versus guilt.
d. trust versus mistrust.
c
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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