According to Erikson's model, there is a crisis to be resolved.

• A. False
• B. Only during adolescence
• C. True
• D. Only during early childhood

Answer: (C)

Erikson's psychosocial theory holds that development unfolds through a sequence of psychosocial crises, one at each life stage, that must be resolved for healthy growth. Each stage presents a central task—a crisis that can be resolved positively or negatively—leading to a virtue such as hope, will, purpose, competence, fidelity, love, care, or wisdom. Because these tasks span the entire lifespan, the model isn’t limited to adolescence or to early childhood; crises occur at multiple points across development. For example, trust versus mistrust in infancy, identity versus role confusion in adolescence, and generativity versus stagnation in middle adulthood illustrate that the process persists through life. So the statement that there is a crisis to be resolved is true. Saying it only happens in adolescence or only in early childhood misses the lifelong pattern Erikson describes, where each stage brings its own resolution to a psychosocial challenge.