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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. When does the normative crisis of identity formation occur?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) As a toddler.
(c) With mother and baby.
(d) As an adult.

2. As discussed by Erikson in Chapter 2, what occurs when a system either biological or social malfunctions?
(a) Identity loss.
(b) Restart of identity formation.
(c) Pathology.
(d) Confusion.

3. What is the core part of identity formation that cannot be separated from this formation?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Peace of mind.
(c) Authority acceptance.
(d) Collectivism.

4. What does Freud suggest a fearless freedom of thinking is?
(a) Totalitarianism.
(b) Positive identity.
(c) Unattainable.
(d) Negative identity.

5. In the early 20th century, totalitarian disposition is best understood as what?
(a) The self as separate from others.
(b) Community needs.
(c) It was not understood at all.
(d) A universal human related to all parts of human nature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Erikson in Chapter 2, what does personal identity focus on?

3. Because the terms "identity" and "identity crisis" are used in such a variety of situations, what have these terms become?

4. Why does Erikson warn the reader not to expect any solid development of mythology in terms of integrating the work on identity over the past two decades?

5. What does Erikson state that childhood and youth predispose men to?

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