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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. As noted in Chapter 2, how can false or inaccurate ego identity formations be corrected after being developed by parents in terms of group identity development?
(a) By immersion.
(b) They cannot be corrected.
(c) Through psychotherapy.
(d) By reworking associations.

2. How is identity diffusion manifested during the adolescent stages of Erikson's theory of identity development?
(a) No adolescent moratorium.
(b) Strong identity.
(c) Long adolescent moratorium.
(d) Short adolescent moratorium.

3. What does Erikson suggest society's child training systems does for the uniqueness of society?
(a) Provide meaning.
(b) Increase standard of living.
(c) Strengthen it.
(d) Preserve it.

4. What elements of Erikson's theory must be balanced in order to avoid obsessiveness and relativism?
(a) Morals.
(b) Ideals.
(c) Priorities.
(d) Family.

5. What is one example that Erikson provides for the notion of "evil ego identity"?
(a) Self loathing.
(b) Gender stereotypes.
(c) Ethnic stereotypes.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. After James' long identity crisis, what did he decide to be?

2. What term does Erikson use to refer to the methods used throughout history to integrate identity?

3. What does the process of meeting fidelity do for Erikson's theory of youth identity?

4. What do youth recognize the need for during Erikson's stages of identity development?

5. In observing groups of people being reeducated by American civil servants, what reason does Erikson provide for why this group became frustrated and identity development?

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