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Erikson's developmental stage infancy age range - Answer ✔✔ -
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Erikson's developmental stage infancy developmental tasks - Answer ✔✔ - trust
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vs. mistrust
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Erikson's developmental stage infancy indication of developmental failure - Answer
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✔✔ - poor relationships, lack of future hope, suspicious of others
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Erikson's developmental stage early childhood age - Answer ✔✔ -
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Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental
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mastery - Answer ✔✔ - self-control, self-esteem, willpower
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Erikson's developmental stage late childhood age - Answer ✔✔ -
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,,mdevelopmental task - Answer ✔✔ - identity vs role confusion
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Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental failure -
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Answer ✔✔ - identity confusion, poor self-identification in group settings
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Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood ages - Answer ✔✔ - 20-35 years drives that motivate
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thoughts, feelings, and bx ,m ,m ,m ,m ,m




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Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood developmental task - Answer ✔✔ - -conflict is experienced
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intimacy vs isolation
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Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental failure
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- Answer ✔✔ - emotional isolation, egocentrism
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Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood ages - Answer ✔✔ -
,m ,m ,m ,m ,m ,m ,m ,m ,m ,m ,m 35-65 yo
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Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood age - Answer ✔✔ - >65yo
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pleasure principle - Answer ✔✔ - the id seeks immediate satisfaction
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freud's ego - Answer ✔✔ -
,m ,m ,m ,m ,m ,m ,m -rational mind, logical and abstract thinking
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skills
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Freud's superego - Answer ✔✔ -
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Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage age - Answer ✔✔ -
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Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage psych disorder linked to
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failure of stage - Answer ✔✔ - schizophrenia, substance abuse, paranoia
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Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage primary means of
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Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage psych disorder linked to
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failure of stage - Answer ✔✔ - depressive disorder
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, Piaget developmental stage sensorimotor age - Answer ✔✔ -
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-love and belonging
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Piaget developmental stage preoperational age - Answer ✔✔ -
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Piaget developmental stage concrete operations age - Answer ✔✔ -
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Piaget developmental stage formal operations age - Answer ✔✔ - 12 years-adult
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Piaget developmental stage formal operations - Answer ✔✔ - ability to think
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Freud's defense mechanisms - Answer ✔✔ -
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-altruism