Question

Five-year-old randy is in preschool, and his teacher is trying to show him how to use a pair of children's scissors to cut paper. randy tries to show his independence and ability to use the scissors without assistance and says to his teacher, "let me." erikson may say that randy is demonstrating what stage of development? initiative-versus-guilt psychosocial development self-concept individualistic orientation

Answer 1

The correct answer should be the initiative versus guilt. That is the third stage in which the children start showing how in control of the world around them they are, and they start taking initiative and asserting their power, not only to the things around them but also in their relations to other people, in this case the teacher.