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Erikson used the term 'Distantiation' to describe :

  • A.Distance we keep between ourselves and others during personal conversation
  • B.Our ability to distance ourselves from our family of origin
  • C.The time we need to progress between one developmental state to the next
  • D.The readiness all of us have to distance ourselves from others when we feel threatened by their behaviour

Answer: D

Distantiation is the readiness all of us have to distance ourselves from others when we feel threatened by their behaviour.

Erikson used the term in his account of young adulthood (intimacy versus isolation). Alongside the capacity for intimacy, people develop a readiness to repudiate, isolate and if necessary destroy forces and people whose essence seems dangerous to their own.

The other options take the word literally. It is not conversational distance, not separation from the family of origin, and not the time between developmental stages.

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