Identify a true statement about people who are unable to develop positive relationships during young adulthood

a. They prefer to live in isolation.
b. They avoid social contacts and reject other people.
c. They fear intimacy.
d. All of these are correct.


ANS: D
FEEDBACK: People who are unable to establish intimacies in young adulthood will develop feelings of isolation. They avoid social contacts, reject other people, and may even become aggressive toward them. They prefer to be alone because they fear intimacy as a threat to their ego identity.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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