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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Womanhood and the Inner Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Freud, what is the first stage of identity development called?
(a) Latent stage.
(b) Anal stage.
(c) Oral stage.
(d) Phallic stage.

2. How does feminists often react during times of identity development and social change, as proposed in Erikson's theory?
(a) Strongly.
(b) With indifference.
(c) Revert to old ways.
(d) Weakly.

3. What aspect of life does Erikson suggest women suffer over excessively?
(a) Getting a better job.
(b) Having a family.
(c) Finding identity.
(d) Helping other.

4. Considering Freud's elements of the mind, what are the counterweights of the ego?
(a) Environment and society.
(b) Self and society.
(c) Id and society.
(d) Id and superego.

5. What does Erikson wish youth would search for?
(a) Truth based on society.
(b) Something not sanctioned by society.
(c) Self.
(d) Common ground with society.

Short Answer Questions

1. That does introjection mean in terms of Erikson's stages of identity development for groups other than the majority?

2. What term does Erikson use for a biological life cycle?

3. 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?

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

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

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