Thirty-year-old Alayna is painfully shy and so sensitive to rejection that she rarely talks to people other than her coworkers and her family members. Occasionally, a man asks her out, but she always refuses. She spends a good deal of time reading and writing in her diary about her loneliness and other feelings. According to Erikson's theory, Alayna is facing the psychosocial conflict of _____ and is likely to develop _____.

a. · industry versus inferiority; inferiority
b. · autonomy versus guilt; guilt
c. · generativity versus stagnation; stagnation
d. · intimacy versus isolation; isolation


d. · intimacy versus isolation; isolation

Psychology

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