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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Theoretical Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Erikson feel adults eventually settle on an identity?
(a) Based on childhood experiences.
(b) Through the mechanisms of identification.
(c) Based on their parents identity.
(d) Based on their place in society.

2. Considering the relationship between personal and historical identity formation, how can this relationship be described?
(a) Ancestral relativity.
(b) Psychosomatic confusion.
(c) Psychosocial relativity.
(d) Genetic relativity.

3. What can reinforce the process of negative identity formation in terms of Erikson's stages of identity development?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Weak ego.
(c) Biology.
(d) Negative parental reactions.

4. How does man quantify attributes of himself philosophically and psychologically in terms of Erikson's views of identity development?
(a) Uses the words I and self.
(b) Uses the words Us and We.
(c) Understands the whole society.
(d) Accepts imperfections.

5. What does Erikson state is the first age of identity development involve in terms of conflict?
(a) Intimacy vs. isolation.
(b) Initiative vs. Guilt.
(c) Autonomy vs. shame.
(d) Trust vs. mistrust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erikson suggest occurs in institutionalized settings such as a hospital with regard to identity?

2. What did Shaw care so much about being?

3. That does introjection mean in terms of Erikson's stages of identity development for groups other than the majority?

4. What does William James state is discernible in mental or moral attitudes?

5. Erikson feels that Freud's intellect is a gift that stems from what?

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