When people reach their 40s, they enter the time known as middle adulthood, which extends to the mid-60s. This involves finding their life's work and contributing to the development of others through activities such as volunteering, mentoring, and raising children. What is the primary developmental task of this stage?

(a) - intimacy vs. isolation

(b) - integrity vs. despair

(c) - trust vs. mistrust

(d) - generativity vs. stagnation

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Justice Nichols

Social Studies

12 April, 11:20

When people reach their 40s, they enter the time known as middle adulthood, which extends to the mid-60s. This involves finding their life's work and contributing to the development of others through activities such as volunteering, mentoring, and raising children. What is the primary developmental task of this stage?

(a) - intimacy vs. isolation

(b) - integrity vs. despair

(c) - trust vs. mistrust

(d) - generativity vs. stagnation

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Kenyon Ewing · Answer 1

Answer: Option (D)

Explanation:

Generativity tends to involve finding an individual life's work and thus contributing it in order to develop others, through activities and task such as mentoring, volunteering, and raising children. Individuals who tend to not master these activities or task might experience stagnation, i. e. having a little connection to others and thus have little interest in self-improvement and productivity.