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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Foundations in Observation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does it mean when the author states, "to review the concept of identity"?
(a) Write an outline.
(b) Give a lecture.
(c) Disprove identity.
(d) Sketch its history.

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

3. Why does Erikson warn the reader not to expect any solid development of mythology in terms of integrating the work on identity over the past two decades?
(a) The world changes too quickly.
(b) It will only cause more identity confusion.
(c) It is too complex to understand.
(d) They cannot be integrated.

4. In order to create a positive ego what does Erikson state must be tested?
(a) Current intelligence and identity.
(b) Current reality against identity.
(c) Mental acuity.
(d) Ability for introspection.

5. Because the terms "identity" and "identity crisis" are used in such a variety of situations, what have these terms become?
(a) Well-defined.
(b) Ritualized.
(c) Embedded in society.
(d) Coined.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Freud's consciousness of inner identity include?

3. In Chapter 2, what does Erikson feel about how psychologists treat social dynamics and external social elements?

4. In the beginning of the 20th century, what demonstrated the possibility to destroy human kind?

5. What is one example that Erikson provides for the notion of "evil ego identity"?

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