According to Eric Erikson's eight stages of life theory, the task of old age is
a. Industry vs. Inferiority
b. Identity vs. Role Confusion
c. Ego integrity vs. Despair
d. Generativist vs. Stagnation
C
The task for old age, according to Erikson, is Integrity vs. Despair. If older adults can find meaning in the life they have lived and are living, they will have the ego integrity to adjust to the process of aging. Responses A and B are incorrect; those are the tasks of people roughly aged 6 through their 20s; response D is also incorrect; this is the task of adulthood, until age 55 to 65.
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Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. A referral to a different long-term care facility 2. Return of the last month's fees 3. Access to a psychiatric evaluation 4. Social work counseling if requested 5. Written notice
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