Donna just turned 65, and she feels as if she made no real contributions through her career. She is starting to believe that her life has been meaningless and that it has had no purpose. Based on Erikson's theory, it is likely that Donna will:
A)develop a sense of despair.
B)become stagnated.
C)develop feelings of generativity.
D)show evidence of role confusion.

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According to Erikson's theory, the psychosocial crisis for individuals in the late adulthood stage is integrity vs. despair. This stage involves reflecting back on one's life and coming to a sense of acceptance and meaning or feeling a sense of regret and despair. Given that Donna feels as if she made no real contributions through her career and that her life has been meaningless, she is likely to develop a sense of despair.

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