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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Toward Contemporary Issues, Youth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Erikson suggest wholeness of the individual is associated with?
(a) Totalitarianism.
(b) Positive psychology.
(c) The earth.
(d) Equilibrium and health.

2. Throughout the stages of Erikson's theory of identity development, what happens if youth do not take advantage of the wisdom elders have to share?
(a) They may become isolated.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They can not form their identities.
(d) They form distinct identities.

3. What are two characteristics Erikson applies to the task of the ego in order to maintain and organize its existence?
(a) Straightforward and never-ending.
(b) Weak and meaningless.
(c) Demanding and authoritative.
(d) Ceaseless and essential.

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

5. What does Erikson resist characterizing modern youth as?
(a) Lacking identity.
(b) Ready for adulthood.
(c) Self-absorbed.
(d) Lacking virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erikson state that the self-concept of self esteem is tied to?

2. What does Erikson risk in plotting a new course of understanding regarding identity and ego development?

3. What is the core part of identity formation that cannot be separated from this formation?

4. Considering Freud's elements of the mind, what are the counterweights of the ego?

5. During the fourth stage of Erikson's theory of development, what occurs when an individual is successful?

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