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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) History.
(b) Culture.
(c) Character.
(d) Family.

2. What does Erikson feel may have been lost to modernity?
(a) Self-identity.
(b) Cosmic wholeness.
(c) Ideologies.
(d) Self-preservation.

3. What type of self is clear when examining Freud's dreams?
(a) Open-minded self.
(b) Suppressed self.
(c) Identified self.
(d) Confident self.

4. Why was Erikson so impressed with Shaw?
(a) He developed a good theory of development.
(b) He was very intelligent.
(c) He could integrate the complex elements of life.
(d) He did not care what others thought.

5. In developing Erikson' theory of group identity, what two processes must the ego consist of that assist in defining both body in community membership?
(a) Spiritual and biological.
(b) Biological and social.
(c) Social and mental.
(d) Spiritual and social.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the discussion in Chapter 2, the process of the ego helps individuals maintain their personalities and what type of fashion?

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

3. What are women isolated by during Erikson's stages of identity development?

4. What does Erikson suggest offers simplified perspectives in order to avoid confusion of societal beliefs and goals?

5. What is the nature of psychoanalysis as viewed by Erikson?

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