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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. During the final stages of Erikson's stages of identity development, what type of feelings may individual experiencing stagnation feel?
(a) Calmness.
(b) Reflection.
(c) Despair and hopelessness.
(d) Hope for the future.

2. What are women able to process better than men, according to Erikson?
(a) Discrimination.
(b) Verbal material.
(c) Logic.
(d) Scientific material.

3. How does man quantify attributes of himself philosophically and psychologically in terms of Erikson's views of identity development?
(a) Accepts imperfections.
(b) Uses the words I and self.
(c) Uses the words Us and We.
(d) Understands the whole society.

4. Why does Erikson suggest women are more passive than men?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Environment.
(d) Socialization.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erikson state youth often experience, which is evidence of identity diffusion?

2. What was William James obsessed with his entire life?

3. Why does Erikson feel focus has moved to women?

4. What does Erikson suggest occurs in institutionalized settings such as a hospital with regard to identity?

5. Where does the process of identity formation began?

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