Question

You have a cousin named Holden who flunked out of three expensive private schools and was arrested for wandering the streets of New York using his parents' credit card. Holden is intelligent but cannot seem to get motivated toward any career. What conflict would Erikson say Holden is struggling with? Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Holden is struggling from disillusion from life.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the life of every single living person, the success and determination of such individual is dependent on the motivation the person has to have in whatever he or she is engaged in. Most times, when such motivation is not there, such individual will become disillusion from life and lose focus or purpose in life thereby wandering in life.

In the case of Holden, despite the fact that he is intelligent, he is disillusion generally hence the reason he is not motivated towards any career. Ths is the reason he seems to wander in life by engaging in various negative aspect in life.