Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 4

According to Erik Erikson, across our lifetimes we proceed through eight (a) _____, each of which presents a particular kind of personality or social problem. For adolescents, stage 5 is most relevant and involves (b) _____ versus role confusion. Finding one's identity has many aspects; the aspect that involves how much we like ourselves and our feelings of worth, attractiveness, and social competence is called (c) _____. Erikson believed that the most important part of personality development for an adolescent was to achieve a satisfying sense of (d) _____, while adults are more concerned about being (e) _____.