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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Toward Contemporary Issues, Youth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Erikson, what action by youth may lead to dangerous behaviors?
(a) Trying to gain independence.
(b) Doubting elders.
(c) Not seeking support during identity development.
(d) Thinking they know everything.

2. According to Erikson, what does totalitarianism require of society?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A combination of identities.
(c) A sense of legitimacy of state power.
(d) Conformity.

3. What does the process of meeting fidelity do for Erikson's theory of youth identity?
(a) Confuses it.
(b) Strengthens it.
(c) Denies it.
(d) Confirms it.

4. In light of Erikson's view on identity development within communities, what must communities recognize in youth?
(a) Their energy.
(b) Their identity.
(c) Their rebellion.
(d) Their lack of identity.

5. As discussed in Chapter 2, who is able to trigger transference of models of identity formation within younger members of society?
(a) Self.
(b) Church leaders.
(c) Parents.
(d) Peers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Erikson use in Foundations of Observation to clarify the disintegration of ego synthesis?

2. Where does Erikson feel ego strength some from in youth?

3. According to Erikson in Chapter 2, what does personal identity focus on?

4. What does Shaw find his childhood exposures to have been?

5. What elements does Erikson suggest can be caused by the demand to develop a distinct identity?

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