Five-year-old randy is in preschool, and his teacher is showing him how to use a pair of children's scissors to cut paper. randy tries to show his independence and ability to use the scissors without assistance and says to his teacher, "let me." erikson would say that randy is demonstrating what stage of development? a) individualistic orientation b) psychosocial development c) initiative-versus-guilt d) self-concept

c) Initiative - versus - guilt

Explanation:

Initiative - versus - guilt -

This is the very third stage of the theory given by Erik Erikson about psychosocial development .

In this stage -

1. The children assert themselves more frequently .

2. The main feature that develops in children is , interacting with other children .

3. At this stage they starts to play a lot , in order to explore more .

4. Even , the children generates a sense of initiative and starts to make decisions .

Hence , from the question , Five-year-old Randy is too in the stage Initiative - versus - guilt .

the correct answer is d

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