Erik Erikson lived out one of his most famous concepts through:
a. his rejection of an important father figure—Freud.
b. the failure to earn an academic degree.
c. several identity crises.
d. his refusal to sign an oath of loyalty to the field of medicine.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: It is not surprising that the theorist who gave us the concept of the identity crisis, Erik Erikson, experienced several of the same kind of crises of his own which he was never able, over his lifetime to resolve.
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