Final answer:
The option that is not one of Levinson's four tasks of middle adulthood is B. Destruction-creation. Levinson's tasks focus on youth to age, masculine and feminine balance, and engagement with the external world versus self-separation.
Step-by-step explanation:
Levinson's four tasks of middle adulthood include all of the following EXCEPT:
- A. Young-old
- B. Destruction-creation
- C. Masculinity-femininity
- D. Engagement-separateness
The correct answer to this question is B. Destruction-creation. Daniel Levinson's theory of adult development does not include destruction-creation as a task of middle adulthood. Instead, his tasks of middle adulthood focus on navigating the transition from youth to age (young-old), balancing masculine and feminine aspects of self (masculinity-femininity), and finding a balance between engagement with the external world and self-separation from it (engagement-separateness).