A 40-Year-Old Female Client Has Never Experienced an Intimate Relationship

A 40-year-old female client has never experienced an intimate relationship. A nursing student tells an instructor that this client remains in Erikson's developmental state of intimacy versus isolation. What is the instructor's most appropriate reply?

A) "Erikson's stages of development are assessed by chronological age, not task achievement.This client is in the generativity versus stagnation stage which occurs from 30 to 65 years of age."
B) "Erikson's stages of development are assessed by task achievement, not chronological age.This client is in the intimacy versus isolation stage which occurs from 20 to 30 years of age."
C) "Erikson's stages of development are assessed by task achievement, not chronological age.This client is in the generativity versus stagnation stage which occurs from 30 to 65 years of age."
D) "Erikson's stages of development are assessed by chronological age, not task achievement.This client is in the intimacy versus isolation stage which occurs from 20 to 30 years of age."