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

2. What does Erikson feel about psychoanalysts' use of biology?
(a) It is innovative.
(b) Shallow and inaccurate.
(c) It has not place in the study of identity.
(d) It is important to the study of identity.

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

4. Where does Erikson feel ego strength some from in youth?
(a) Community.
(b) Confirmation of individuality.
(c) Parents.
(d) Confirmation of conformity.

5. After James' long identity crisis, what did he decide to be?
(a) A psychologist.
(b) Self-governing.
(c) Dependant on society.
(d) Antisocial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Erikson feel our self representations stem from?

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?

3. According to Erikson, what stage is highly dependent on and individuals and ability to gain acceptance?

4. What does the process of meeting fidelity do for Erikson's theory of youth identity?

5. Since there were few empirical studies, how did Erikson's study individuals?

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