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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 type of groups, as proposed by Erikson, often play on the various needs of youth?
(a) Political undergrounds.
(b) Parents.
(c) Schools.
(d) Community organizations.

2. According to Erikson, what is the third stage of development?
(a) Initiative vs. guilt.
(b) Trust vs. mistrust.
(c) Intimacy vs. isolation.
(d) Autonomy vs. shame.

3. 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?
(a) Analyzing the frontiers of the ego.
(b) Merging self with the past.
(c) Completing identity.
(d) Merging self with the environment.

4. Considering Freud's elements of the mind, what are the counterweights of the ego?
(a) Self and society.
(b) Id and society.
(c) Environment and society.
(d) Id and superego.

5. What often occurs when youth are isolated according to Erikson's theory of identity development?
(a) They remain isolated.
(b) They develop aggressive identities.
(c) They yearn for love and become a joiner.
(d) They develop self actualized identities.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Erikson feel adults eventually settle on an identity?

2. What according to Erikson, what involves testing, selecting, and integrating self images?

3. What does Erikson believe is an intrinsic part of maturation?

4. According to Freud, what is the third stage of development called?

5. Why was Erikson so impressed with Shaw?

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