Question

When 70-year-old Lesley looks at the life she has lived thus far, she thinks to herself, "Well, I have really given it my all. I have worked hard in my career and feel as if I did the best I could at raising my family. I feel good about the choices I have made." In which stage of psychosocial development is Lesley?

Answer 1

Answer:Stage of psychosocial development that Lesley is in according to Erik Erikson is referred to as EGO INTEGRITY VS. DESPAIR

Explanation:

Erik Erikson suggests that as we move through different stages of life we experience particular psychological conflict. Through these conflicts we can either conclude positively or negatively.

When people are in their late adulthood their conflict is Ego intergrity versus Despair when someone reflect on their lives in terms of what they have done and achieved or not achieved .

Like Lesley almost everyone at their old age will reflect back on their accomplishments and either be content or be regretfully and unsatisfied

Lesley is proud and content with all her accomplishments in life , she is proud of the choices she made, careers she chose and the family she raised , she has established her Ego integrity since she feels complete.

However if Lesley was not content and regretted the choices that she had made and felt like there was no time left to make up for all those things she couldn't do right and what she has failed to accomplish that will put her on despair