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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 elements does Erikson suggest can be caused by the demand to develop a distinct identity?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Ego strength.
(c) Split identities.
(d) Confusion.

2. What two components within Erikson's theory are important for youth to base their identities on?
(a) Morals and community structure.
(b) Ideologies and the future.
(c) Childhood and ideologies.
(d) Future and childhood.

3. What does Erikson propose reflects the body, personality, and social roles of the person?
(a) Us.
(b) We.
(c) Them.
(d) I.

4. That does introjection mean in terms of Erikson's stages of identity development for groups other than the majority?
(a) Incorporating another's image.
(b) Explore your identity.
(c) Think about the past.
(d) Think about the future.

5. In observing groups of people being reeducated by American civil servants, what reason does Erikson provide for why this group became frustrated and identity development?
(a) They did not understand the culture.
(b) They did not speak the language.
(c) They could not integrate the necessary steps for tangible future.
(d) They did not want to be educated.

Short Answer 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?

2. What type of self is clear when examining Freud's dreams?

3. What elements of Erikson's theory must be balanced in order to avoid obsessiveness and relativism?

4. What is the core part of identity formation that cannot be separated from this formation?

5. What does Erikson's theory suggest concerning how children gain a sense of what their adult identities should be?

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