What compels an adult to assume the additional burden of providing care for an aging parent?

What do statistics say about the household composition of families in the United States?

A) Coupled households are disproportionately headed by men. B) Coupled households are still more common among adults than those headed by singles. C) Single heads of households are becoming less common. D) The majority of households are made up of single persons living alone.

Erikson believed that because of the pressures related to the identity versus identity confusion stage, many adolescents __________

a) never have the opportunity to experience adolescence fully before they mature and move on to young adulthood b) become psychologically scarred for life and never fully mature c) pursue a "psychological moratorium," during which they take time off from responsibilities to explore alternative roles and possibilities d) regress psychologically to childhood, when life was simpler