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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Foundations in Observation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As noted in Chapter 2, how can false or inaccurate ego identity formations be corrected after being developed by parents in terms of group identity development?
(a) Through psychotherapy.
(b) By reworking associations.
(c) By immersion.
(d) They cannot be corrected.

2. In Chapter 2, Foundations and Observation, during his discussion on group identity, what group of people does Erikson observe group changes to make his point?
(a) The Aztec Indians.
(b) Middle class Whites.
(c) Blacks.
(d) The Sioux Indians.

3. What is one example that Erikson provides for the notion of "evil ego identity"?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Self loathing.
(c) Gender stereotypes.
(d) Ethnic stereotypes.

4. According to Erikson, what does totalitarianism require of society?
(a) A combination of identities.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A sense of legitimacy of state power.
(d) Conformity.

5. What term does Erikson use to mean the factor that serves to integrate a person toward a common societal goal?
(a) Group identity.
(b) Sexual identity.
(c) Gender identity.
(d) Ego identity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As discussed in Chapter 1, what first lead to the scientific mythology of the mind?

3. Considering the relationship between personal and historical identity formation, how can this relationship be described?

4. In discussing Freud's views on group identity, what does Erikson state is a major cause in identity becoming frustrating and disintegrated?

5. What does Erikson state youth need so they do not languish in a strictly episodical conscious expansion?

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