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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. What does Erikson resist characterizing modern youth as?
(a) Self-absorbed.
(b) Ready for adulthood.
(c) Lacking identity.
(d) Lacking virtue.

2. 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.

3. What does Erikson's theory suggest concerning how children gain a sense of what their adult identities should be?
(a) Watching TV.
(b) By looking to community members.
(c) Learning about being an adult.
(d) It comes natural.

4. What does George Bernard Shaw despise?
(a) His family history.
(b) His family's snobbery.
(c) Psychology.
(d) His adolescence.

5. What does Erikson state youth often experience, which is evidence of identity diffusion?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Collaboration.
(c) Estrangement.
(d) Understanding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In discussing Freud's views on group identity, what does Erikson state is a major cause in identity becoming frustrating and disintegrated?

3. In Chapter 2, Foundations and Observation, during his discussion on group identity, what group of people does Erikson observe group changes to make his point?

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

5. Considering Erikson's theory of groups identity development, what type of group demands does ego identity help balance?

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