Thirty-year-old alayna is painfully shy and so sensitive to rejection that she rarely talks to people other than her coworkers and her family members. occasionally, a man asks her out, but she always refuses. she spends a good deal of time reading and writing in her diary about her loneliness and other feelings. according to erikson's theory, alayna is facing the psychosocial conflict of and is likely to develop

Which of the following statements about culture and self-esteem is the most accurate? people from western cultures are more likely to say or do things to enhance other people's self-esteem (relative to people from asian cultures). the japanese praise each other for their achievements more often than americans do. people from asian cultures generally feel worse about themselves than people from western cultures. americans utter many more self-complimentary statements during conversations (relative to japanese individuals).