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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Womanhood and the Inner Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does William James state is discernible in mental or moral attitudes?
(a) Culture.
(b) Character.
(c) Family.
(d) History.

2. Why does Erikson feel focus has moved to women?
(a) They are equal to men.
(b) They are more than housewives.
(c) They have a lot to offer.
(d) Threat of nuclear annihilation.

3. What can reinforce the process of negative identity formation in terms of Erikson's stages of identity development?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Biology.
(c) Negative parental reactions.
(d) Weak ego.

4. What does Erikson state that childhood and youth predispose men to?
(a) Structure.
(b) Childlike wonder.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Confused identities.

5. What does Erikson feel the biological process of psychoanalysis has become?
(a) The forefront of study.
(b) Essential but not emphasized enough.
(c) Obsolete.
(d) Pseudobiology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because the terms "identity" and "identity crisis" are used in such a variety of situations, what have these terms become?

2. Why does Erikson suggest women are more passive than men?

3. In terms of Erikson's theory of identity development, what is one notion that youth resist?

4. According to Erikson, by meeting the youth's needs what occurs in terms of the historical context?

5. At what stage in Erikson's theory of development may an individual begin to lose confidence or identity and enter period of listlessness?

(see the answer key)

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