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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the study discussed in Chapter 8, how many school children were asked how their lives would be different if they woke up the next morning as the opposite sex?
(a) 982.
(b) 300.
(c) 50.
(d) 2,000.

2. As adults, we are able to see ourselves as in control, not as ___________.
(a) Aggressors.
(b) Children.
(c) Mental patients.
(d) Victims.

3. According to Viorst, grown-up love must begin with what?
(a) The separation of self from the other.
(b) A mature understanding of self.
(c) Two grown adults.
(d) An ability to forgive others.

4. Even as adults, according to the author, we still view our mothers as what?
(a) As our biggest fan.
(b) As our safety net.
(c) As our dearest friend.
(d) As our greatest critic.

5. As children, Viorst thinks we test reality with what?
(a) Our actions.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) Our pretend play.
(d) Daydreaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 8, Margaret Mead uses what type of profession in her analogy about accepting what we were born with?

2. Which of the following, according to the author, may be an inappropriate way to deal with the grieving of childhood?

3. "Our conscience is our _____________ installed in our mind."

4. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."

5. At what age do we develop the superego?

Short Essay Questions

1. Excessive punishment of ourselves rests on the illusion of what?

2. Endocrinologist Estelle Ramey uses what example to support her theory that virtually all differences between male and female are cultural?

3. What did Stanley Milgram's experiment reveal about people?

4. Why did Freud name it the Oedipus complex?

5. How does the author propose that some men compensate for their envy of a woman's ability to have children?

6. Denying hate prevents what, according to Winicott?

7. Briefly describe the difference between infantile love, immature love, and mature love.

8. Why is Chapter 1 entitled, "The High Cost of Separation"?

9. Describe the four stages of standing alone.

10. Using an example from the book, describe ways in which the Oedipus complex can play out in the lives of adults.

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