AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -By generativity, Erikson means the desire to use one’s wisdom to guide future generations-directly, as a parent, or indirectly. The opposite-stagnation-can also occur. Generativity or stagnation occurs for both men and women.

Detailed explanation-2: -Many of our attitudes about aging are based on a decremental model of aging, which holds that progressive physical and mental decline is inevitable with age.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement about generativity and stagnation is true?-Childless men score higher in generativity and lower in stagnation than men with children.-Among well-educated women, those with children express greater generative concerns.