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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. What do environmental counterweights of identity help explain in terms of Freud's theory of identity?
(a) Outer world of the ego.
(b) Inner world of the ego.
(c) Self.
(d) Society.

2. What does Erikson suggest occurs in institutionalized settings such as a hospital with regard to identity?
(a) Conformity of identity.
(b) Desperation for identity.
(c) Development of oneliness.
(d) Emergence of self.

3. In discussing Freud's views on group identity, what does Erikson state is a major cause in identity becoming frustrating and disintegrated?
(a) When the role of identity in a group changes.
(b) When groups members do not have their own identity.
(c) When the group disbands.
(d) When there are too many leaders.

4. Considering Erikson's theory of groups identity development, what type of group demands does ego identity help balance?
(a) Conformity.
(b) Leadership conflicts.
(c) Members passions and instincts.
(d) Negative identities.

5. What is the core part of identity formation that cannot be separated from this formation?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Authority acceptance.
(c) Peace of mind.
(d) Collectivism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Erikson so impressed with Shaw?

2. Where does the process of identity formation began?

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

4. According to Erikson, what is the second stage of identity development?

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

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