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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Identity Confusion in Life History and Case History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Erikson notes that James' youth was full of emotional strains in struggles for what?
(a) Sanity.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Identity formation.
(d) Love.

2. How the James decide he could strengthen his ego?
(a) Embracing positive experiences.
(b) Simply learning.
(c) Meditating and breathing.
(d) By doing, suffering, and creating.

3. What was William James obsessed with his entire life?
(a) Identity.
(b) Self.
(c) Morbid psychology.
(d) Social dysfunction.

4. Erikson feels that Freud's intellect is a gift that stems from what?
(a) A hostile limitation of opportunities.
(b) Good genes.
(c) A good education.
(d) A strong identity.

5. What do most new generations confront as a result of scientific and technological changes?
(a) Radically new possibilities and forms of thought.
(b) Possibilities for artificial wisdom.
(c) A repeat of the past.
(d) Increased identity confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Concerning Erikson's theory, when identity development is negative, what type of personalities may occur during the second stage of development?

2. According to Erikson, how long does it take for identity to develop?

3. Where does the process of identity formation began?

4. In observing groups of people being reeducated by American civil servants, what reason does Erikson provide for why this group became frustrated and identity development?

5. What style of identity combines medieval conception of community with modern disobedience and nonviolence?

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