Failure to resolve the tasks of middle adulthood leads to a concern for only one's own needs and comforts, resulting in what Erikson called
a. apathy.
b. mistrust.
c. despair.
d. stagnation.
ANSWER: d
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a. attribution theory b. social cognition c. motivation d. prejudice
When people use the representativeness heuristic to estimate probabilities for events, they base their estimates on:
a. the ease with which examples can be brought to mind b. the similarity between the event in question and their prototype c. the difference between the event in question and their starting estimate d. mathematical calculations of the expected value
In using mnemonics, words are generally easier to remember than visual pictures or images
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to Erik Erickson, when does the challenge of generativity versus stagnation occur?
a. adolescence b. preschool c. middle adulthood d. late adulthood