Question

Lolita vacillates between acting rebellious toward her parents and high school teachers and behaving with compliance and respect. Erikson would have suggested that Lolita's inconsistency illustrates:

a. role confusion.
b. stagnation.
c. egocentricity.
d. inferiority.
e. separation anxiety.

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Lolita vacillates between acting rebellious toward her parents and high school teachers and behaving with compliance and respect. Erikson would have suggested that Lolita's inconsistency illustrates: role confusion

Erik Erikson, Identity versus Role Confusion is the fifth of eight stages of psychosocial development that take place between the ages of 12 and 19. During this stage adolescents need to develop a sense of self and personal identityor what you might say discover oneself. Success leads to an ability to discover and stay true to oneself, while failure leads to role confusion and a weak sense of self or lack of discovering one self. The Identity versus Role confusion stage is identified by the adolescent question of “Who am I,” during which time they are plagued with...