Allen is 19 years old. He feels like his whole life is a series of trips down one blind alley after another. He blindly follows his more dominant peers in an effort to "find himself," with little success. He is experiencing what Erikson would call

This question lacks options, options are:

a) multiplicity

b) moratorium

c) an inferiority complex

d) role diffusion

The correct answer is d.

Explanation:

Erikson defines role diffusion as a very frequent identity crisis in adolescence, where young people seek to find their place in society, at this stage, an integration is susceptible to some group which has distanced itself from a certain form of society as well as avoiding and criticizing it in certain aspects. This stage takes place from 13 to 21 years old approximately.

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