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

a) never have the opportunity to fully experience adolescence 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 upcoming responsibilities of adulthood to explore alternative roles and possibilities.
d) regress psychologically to an earlier time in their lives or childhood where life was simpler.

c