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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 suggest offers simplified perspectives in order to avoid confusion of societal beliefs and goals?
(a) Ideologies.
(b) Social understanding.
(c) Education.
(d) Community structure.

2. What can reinforce the process of negative identity formation in terms of Erikson's stages of identity development?
(a) Weak ego.
(b) Negative parental reactions.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Biology.

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

4. Where does Erikson feel our self representations stem from?
(a) Psychosocial crises of childhood.
(b) Parents.
(c) Future prospects.
(d) History.

5. What does William James state is discernible in mental or moral attitudes?
(a) History.
(b) Culture.
(c) Character.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In terms of Erikson's theory of individual development, what is required in order to transcend toward individuality?

2. According to Erikson, what must be understood in order to define the ego?

3. Considering Freud's elements of the mind, what are the counterweights of the ego?

4. What does Erikson state is the first age of identity development involve in terms of conflict?

5. Because of an individual's tendency to define self based on history, what does Erikson think this self-based history leave little room for the individual to create?

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