Howard's family is celebrating his ninetieth birthday. Howard, however, is not enjoying the celebration. He wishes everyone would go home and leave him alone to fester in his thoughts of failure about the life he has lived. In which stage of psychosocial development is Howard?

a. autonomy vs. shame and doubt

b. interior vs. inferiority

c. ego integrity vs. despair

d. generativity vs. stagnation

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Damien Cooper

8 December, 08:28

Howard's family is celebrating his ninetieth birthday. Howard, however, is not enjoying the celebration. He wishes everyone would go home and leave him alone to fester in his thoughts of failure about the life he has lived. In which stage of psychosocial development is Howard?

a. autonomy vs. shame and doubt

b. interior vs. inferiority

c. ego integrity vs. despair

d. generativity vs. stagnation

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Mary Atkinson · Answer 1

Answer: The ego integrity vs. despair stage

Explanation: Psychosocial development was developed by

by Erik Erikson in collaboration with Joan Erikson which listed 8 stages of development an individual must pass through from childhood to adulthood.

One of those stages listed is the ego integrity vs. despair stage which usually occurs between the ages of 60 and above where an individual begin to come to terms with life and ask oneself questions that has to do with the integrity of their ego (thoughts of success) or despair (thoughts of failure).