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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. During the third stage of Erikson's theory of development, what may occur if an individual's initiatives or attempts at something continually fail?
(a) Identity confusion.
(b) Sense of guilt.
(c) Compulsions.
(d) Sense of independence.

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

3. How does feminists often react during times of identity development and social change, as proposed in Erikson's theory?
(a) Revert to old ways.
(b) Weakly.
(c) Strongly.
(d) With indifference.

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

5. Because the terms "identity" and "identity crisis" are used in such a variety of situations, what have these terms become?
(a) Well-defined.
(b) Ritualized.
(c) Embedded in society.
(d) Coined.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Erikson state that ideologies have been given a bad name?

2. As discussed by Erikson in Chapter 2, what occurs when a system either biological or social malfunctions?

3. What does William James state is discernible in mental or moral attitudes?

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

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

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