Answer to Question #201779 in Psychology for Innocencia

Question

Rachel joined the Olympic gymnastics team when she was 13. She has been a 

gymnast all of her life and has not considered other options. Now, at the age of 26, 

Rachel has severely injured her knee and can no longer compete. She finds that 

she doesn’t have an identity beyond that associated with gymnastics. Which of the 

following statements would Erikson most likely make?

1.

Rachel can now resolve the crisis of identity achievement; it doesn’t matter when it 

happens.

2.

Rachel missed her opportunity to reach identity achievement and there is little 

hope for her to lead a normal life.

3.

Rachel can skip the stage of identify achievement and lead a normal life.

4.

Rachel developed a maladaptive identity in her teens and needs to take time with 

a counsellor to resolve the identify crisis.

Answer 1

Rachel developed a maladaptive identity in her teens and needs to take time with 

a counsellor to resolve the identify crisis