Two 50-year-old men are discussing their Saturday activities. The first man describes how he tutors children as a volunteer at a community center
The other man says that he would never work with children, and that he prefers to work out at the gym to meet young women to date. The second man's statement reflects which developmental stage?
a. Inferiority
b. Role confusion
c. Self-absorption
d. Mistrust
ANS: C
In the generativity versus self-absorption developmental task, a self-absorbed person is concerned about his or her own personal wants and desires in a self-centered manner. Mistrust versus trust occurs in the first year of life. Industry versus inferiority commonly occurs in school children. Identity versus role confusion commonly occurs at the start of adolescence into young adulthood.
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