Jamil has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has been given six months to live. He and his family are starting to come to grips with his impending death. What developmental task is he facing?
A. ego-intensity-versus-despair
B. ego-transcendence-versus-ego-preoccupation
C. redefinition-of self-versus-preoccupation-with-work role
D. body-transcendence-versus-body-preoccupation
Answer: B
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a. schizophrenia b. hypochondria c. dissociative fugue d. none of these choices
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What will be an ideal response?
Jadzia is a young child with Williams syndrome. Recent evidence indicates that Jadzia will
A) have less complex sentence production than a child with Down syndrome. B) depend on rule learning to acquire language skills. C) probably learn language by capitalizing on her social strengths. D) have a limited vocabulary and rarely speak in full sentences.
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a. contingency blocking b. response generalization c. latent learning d. learned helplessness