Question

Sherri is a 29-year old woman who has finished school and is successful in her career. She has not been able to find a long-term relationship that is stable and has started wondering if she will ever find someone who she will want to marry. Erikson would say that Sherri is struggling with the psychosocial crisis of _________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Isolation.

Explanation:

Psychosocial theory of development was the theory theorized by Erik Erikson divide into eight-stages of development from infancy to adulthood.

Erik proposed that successful completion of each stage leads to healthy personality development.

The stage at which Sherri is in, in the given question is intimacy v. isolation.

This stage occurs at the age of 20 to 40 years. This stage involves building intimate and loving relationships with others.

Sherri, who is struggling to find a long-term and stable relationship is at this stage of intimacy v. isolation. Since she is not able to build intimate relationships she is going through the crisis of isolation.

So, the correct answer is isolation.