Question

Joanne is 44 and has recently been second guessing and reevaluating her religious and political beliefs. According to the text, Joanne would likely be in the _____ crisis of Erikson's stages of adulthood.

Answer 1

Answer:

- Identity versus role confusion.

Explanation:

'Identity versus role confusion' is illustrated as the fifth stage or phase of Erik Erikson's theory of 'psycho-social development' among the adolescent kids aging between 12 to 19 years of age. At this stage, adolescents tend to develop a recognition/sense of their 'selves' and affiliate it to their identity. In this phase, they experience a 'determinative' conflict as at this stage the success is affiliated with a tendency to stay faithful to their selves(identity) while the failure ends up in 'role confusion'.  

As per the question, Joanne would likely be in this phase as she is going through the phase of 'developmental conflict' and suffers 'role confusion' as reflected by 'her revaluation of religious and political beliefs'. She tends to hold her 'self' and 'identity' over the confusions. Thus, she is going through 'Identity versus role confusion' crisis stage of adulthood.