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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. What does Erikson feel has barker elements that may not be wholly sincere?
(a) Emancipation of women.
(b) Helpless feelings of women.
(c) Oppression of women.
(d) Identity of women.

2. What to processes, according to Erikson as discussed in Chapter 5, are tied together?
(a) Social and environmental.
(b) Ego and environmental.
(c) Ego and self identification.
(d) Ego and social.

3. What term does Erikson use to refer to the methods used throughout history to integrate identity?
(a) Methods of conformity.
(b) Methods of identity.
(c) Methods of group formation.
(d) Methods of acquisition.

4. According to Erikson, how long does it take for identity to develop?
(a) 30 years.
(b) A lifetime.
(c) Identity if formed at birth.
(d) 5 years.

5. During Erikson's final stage of development, individuals having a sense of Generativity may engage in what type of activities?
(a) Listlessness.
(b) Finding a new job.
(c) Planing for the future.
(d) Leading future generations to succeed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Interpreting Freud's theory, what does Erikson feel occurs when the ego resists integrating into new environments?

2. What term does Erikson use to describe the fluctuation of ego strength and high growth potential?

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

4. Where does the process of identity formation began?

5. What can reinforce the process of negative identity formation in terms of Erikson's stages of identity development?

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