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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 about psychoanalysts' use of biology?
(a) It is important to the study of identity.
(b) It is innovative.
(c) Shallow and inaccurate.
(d) It has not place in the study of identity.

2. When does Erikson feel individuals develop trust?
(a) They trust themselves.
(b) Their needs are met.
(c) When they face a difficult situation.
(d) They are around good people.

3. During the Erikson's second stage of development, what does the individual gain when identity has developed in a healthy manner?
(a) Independence.
(b) Confidence and control over himself.
(c) Mental development.
(d) Wisdom.

4. Erikson feels that Freud's intellect is a gift that stems from what?
(a) A hostile limitation of opportunities.
(b) Good genes.
(c) A good education.
(d) A strong identity.

5. What is the nature of psychoanalysis as viewed by Erikson?
(a) Implicit.
(b) Explicit.
(c) Empirical.
(d) Observational.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two characteristics Erikson applies to the task of the ego in order to maintain and organize its existence?

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

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

4. Erikson states that we deal with the process located in the core of the individual and where else?

5. Since there were few empirical studies, how did Erikson's study individuals?

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