An 80-year-old woman's spiritual development is focused on integrating and resolving many of the apparently contradictory extremes in the human experience. This client is exhibiting:

A) moral dilemma.
B) conjunctive faith.
C) value clarification.
D) unethical behavior.


Ans: B
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Older adults notice the polarities or extremes in life such as young and old, rich and poor, masculine and feminine, constructive and destructive, and self awareness and self-denial. These tensions, enhanced or precipitated by personal and environmental situations, demand integration and resolution. This is referred to as conjunctive faith.

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