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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Womanhood and the Inner Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Erikson, what is the second stage of identity development?
(a) Intimacy vs. isolation.
(b) Autonomy vs. shame.
(c) Initiative vs. Guilt.
(d) Trust vs. mistrust.

2. According to Erikson in terms of active identity formation individual who now can say they know where they are going, what has occurred?
(a) Psychosocial well-being.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Psychological superiority.
(d) Identity completion.

3. What do youth desire as they go through Erikson's stages of identity development?
(a) Dissonance.
(b) Acceptance from society.
(c) Unique identities.
(d) Similar identities.

4. According to Freud, what is the first stage of identity development called?
(a) Anal stage.
(b) Latent stage.
(c) Oral stage.
(d) Phallic stage.

5. What do youth try to balance while going through Erikson's stages of identity development?
(a) Diversity and society.
(b) Diversity and identity.
(c) Fidelity and identity.
(d) Fidelity and diversity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud's consciousness of inner identity include?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Erikson feel about how psychologists treat social dynamics and external social elements?

3. In terms of Erikson's theory of individual development, what is required in order to transcend toward individuality?

4. How is identity diffusion manifested during the adolescent stages of Erikson's theory of identity development?

5. What was Shaw exposed to as a child?

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