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

2. When does Erikson feel individuals develop trust?
(a) They are around good people.
(b) When they face a difficult situation.
(c) They trust themselves.
(d) Their needs are met.

3. Where does the process of identity formation began?
(a) With mother and baby.
(b) As a toddler.
(c) As an adolescent.
(d) As a young adult.

4. What is present within each period of Erikson's theory of identity development?
(a) Social conflict.
(b) Inner and outer conflict.
(c) Identity confusion.
(d) Distinct processes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What to processes, according to Erikson as discussed in Chapter 5, are tied together?

2. What are two characteristics Erikson applies to the task of the ego in order to maintain and organize its existence?

3. The ________ cannot coexist with the increase in advances in a technologically led culture?

4. During the third stage of Erikson's theory of development, what may occur if an individual's initiatives or attempts at something continually fail?

5. Where does Erikson feel our self representations stem from?

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