According to Erikson, preschoolers' exuberant play and bold efforts to master new tasks break down when they

A) are threatened, criticized, and punished excessively by adults.
B) identify too strongly with the same-sex parent.
C) identify too strongly with the other-sex parent.
D) have an overly lenient superego.

A

Psychology

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Psychology

A _________ is a dimension along which variations exist. There are always at least two __________ along each dimension

a. level, constructs b. value, variables c. variable, observations d. variable, values

Psychology