Sidney has been a teacher for 23 years. He has been feeling trapped in "this life" for the last five years and finds his teaching efforts unappreciated and poorly compensated. So, in the middle of the semester, he quits his job, divorces his wife, and moves to a large city to start over in a sales job. Erikson would say that Sidney was experiencing
A)stagnation.
B)isolation.
C)despair.
D)role confusion.

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Erikson's theory of psychosocial development suggests that in middle adulthood, individuals face the crisis of generativity vs. stagnation. Sidney's feelings of being unappreciated and trapped, leading to drastic life changes, indicate stagnation, where he feels he is not contributing meaningfully to society or his personal life.

Sidney Has Been a Teacher for 23 Years