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

2. According to Erikson, in his review and observations of changes in culture, what does he suggest will become common values among today's youth?
(a) Common identity.
(b) Choice and identity.
(c) Dissonance.
(d) Leadership.

3. What does Erikson state youth need so they do not languish in a strictly episodical conscious expansion?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Understanding of the past.
(c) A set of guidelines for identity.
(d) Leadership that can be resistant.

4. According to Erikson in Chapter 2, what does personal identity focus on?
(a) Unconscious feelings.
(b) Conscious feelings.
(c) Feelings of others.
(d) Place in society.

5. What style of identity combines medieval conception of community with modern disobedience and nonviolence?
(a) Peacenik.
(b) Conformity.
(c) Individual.
(d) Anarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In developing Erikson' theory of group identity, what two processes must the ego consist of that assist in defining both body in community membership?

2. As discussed in Chapter 2, who is able to trigger transference of models of identity formation within younger members of society?

3. According to the discussion in Chapter 2, the process of the ego helps individuals maintain their personalities and what type of fashion?

4. In the early 20th century, totalitarian disposition is best understood as what?

5. What does Erikson state are not constantly bolstered, an idea that is contrary to popular belief?

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