Which is the correct sequence of emergence of virtues ?
UGC NET - 2013,
Answer: A
In Erikson's scheme the virtues appear in the order hope, willpower, purpose and competence (competency). Hope arises in infancy from trust, will in early childhood from autonomy, purpose in the play age from initiative, and competence in school age from industry.
Every other order puts a later virtue ahead of an earlier one, for example competence before willpower, which reverses the stages.
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