Which of the following is a positive developmental function of the everyday conflicts that characterize parent-adolescent relationships?
A. They teach adolescents that their parents are not perfect.
B. They help adolescents achieve identity foreclosure.
C. They convince adolescents that their parents are usually right.
D. They help adolescents' transition toward autonomy.
Answer: D
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_____. A) role diffusion B) ego identity C) self-indulgence D) instrumental competence
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