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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Life Cycle, Epigenesis of Identity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Erikson feel individuals develop trust?
(a) When they face a difficult situation.
(b) They are around good people.
(c) Their needs are met.
(d) They trust themselves.

2. During the third stage of Erikson's theory of development, what may occur if an individual's initiatives or attempts at something continually fail?
(a) Compulsions.
(b) Sense of independence.
(c) Identity confusion.
(d) Sense of guilt.

3. According to Freud, what is the third stage of development called?
(a) The phallic stage.
(b) Latent stage.
(c) Anal stage.
(d) Oral stage.

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

5. During the process of Erikson's stages of identity development, what will depend on the total process of identity development?
(a) Environment.
(b) Psychosocial strength.
(c) Biology.
(d) Self.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Erikson use to mean the factor that serves to integrate a person toward a common societal goal?

2. During the Erikson's second stage of development, what does the individual gain when identity has developed in a healthy manner?

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

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

5. As discussed by Erikson in Chapter 2, what occurs when a system either biological or social malfunctions?

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