Question

Jim, who believes in stage theories of human development, is reading a paper on famous psychologist Erik Erikson. In Erikson’s psychosocial development theory, children aged 3 to 5 years old struggle with becoming responsible for beginning tasks. Since Jim believes that human development often occurs in distinct stages, which of the following statements would he agree with?

A. Children may begin their struggle with responsibility earlier than age 3 or later than age 5.
B. Children are likely to be able to confront this issue while grappling with other issues.
C. Children will grow and develop at their own pace, so it is difficult to make generalizations about them.
D. Children will complete their struggle with responsibility before they move onto the next stage.

Answer 1

D. I got it right on e2020 :)

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Answer 2

The correct answer should be D. Children will complete their struggle with responsibility before they move onto the next stage.
Given that it says in the question that Jim believes human development often occurs in stages, this has to be the correct answer because it is the only one that even mentions stages, and on top of that explains that the child will develop certain characteristics in particular stages.