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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. At what stage in Erikson's theory of development may an individual begin to lose confidence or identity and enter period of listlessness?
(a) Industry vs. inferiority.
(b) Intimacy vs. isolation.
(c) Generativity vs. stagnation.
(d) Autonomy vs. shame.

2. 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) It comes natural.
(d) Learning about being an adult.

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?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Middle class Whites.
(c) The Aztec Indians.
(d) The Sioux Indians.

4. What according to Erikson, what involves testing, selecting, and integrating self images?
(a) Ego identity.
(b) Community structures.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Self-esteem.

5. Considering Erikson's theory of groups identity development, what type of group demands does ego identity help balance?
(a) Leadership conflicts.
(b) Negative identities.
(c) Members passions and instincts.
(d) Conformity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Erikson suggest men were able to end the adolescent process?

2. What do youth try to balance while going through Erikson's stages of identity development?

3. How does feminists often react during times of identity development and social change, as proposed in Erikson's theory?

4. Based on Freud's theory of identity, Ego identity results in two actions, one of which is synthesizing the frontiers of the ego; what is the other action?

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

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