According to Erikson, the central conflict in adolescence is
a. initiative vs. guilt
b. basic trust vs. mistrust
c. identity vs. role confusion
d. autonomy vs. shame and doubt
e. intimacy vs. isolation
Answer: c. identity vs. role confusion
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a) altruism. b) empathy. c) sympathy. d) personal trust.
Which of the following is a major criticism of Piaget's theories of cognitive development?
a. he overestimated the cognitive abilities of children b. his theories are not supported by modern research c. his sample size was too large and over representative d. he underestimated the cognitive abilities of infants