Erikson's epigenetic principle of maturation:
a. concerns the time required for a child to grow or mature to become an adult.
b. states that personality is determined entirely by genetics.
c. asserts that development is determined by both biological and social factors.
d. confirms that only social and environmental factors determine our personality.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: According to the epigenetic principle of maturation, inherited forces are the determining characteristics of the developmental stages; development depends on genetic factors. However, it is the social and environmental forces to which we are exposed that control the ways in which the genetically predetermined stages of development are realized. Thus, our personality development is affected by both biological and social factors.
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