An older male adult with severe knee pain tells the nurse how he lost his job and his home after starting a new business when he was 48 years old. Now he lives alone and relies on Social Security
Using Jung's theory, what in this individual's life is the most pivotal in his personality development? a. Living alone
b. Meager income
c. Severe knee pain
d. Job and home loss
D
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A Incorrect. Living alone is a situation that is the result of many factors coalescing in an individual's life.
B Incorrect. A meager income can be a result of the individual's life work and other individual choices and events.
C Incorrect. His personality can affect how an individual deals with pain, and the pain can affect an individual's personality; however, the reader does not know if the pain is old or new and thus cannot make the determination.
D Correct. Jung's theorizes that the personality forms, in part, after crisis, as an individual moves from extroversion to introversion in aging.
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