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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Erikson, in his review and observations of changes in culture, what does he suggest will become common values among today's youth?
(a) Dissonance.
(b) Common identity.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Choice and identity.

3. Because the terms "identity" and "identity crisis" are used in such a variety of situations, what have these terms become?
(a) Embedded in society.
(b) Well-defined.
(c) Coined.
(d) Ritualized.

4. What does George Bernard Shaw despise?
(a) His family's snobbery.
(b) Psychology.
(c) His family history.
(d) His adolescence.

5. Considering Erikson's stages of identity development, how long does a six stage of identity development last?
(a) Throughout adolescence.
(b) Into adulthood.
(c) A lifetime.
(d) Only throughout late adulthood.

6. What does Freud suggest a fearless freedom of thinking is?
(a) Unattainable.
(b) Totalitarianism.
(c) Negative identity.
(d) Positive identity.

7. What does Erikson state is the first age of identity development involve in terms of conflict?
(a) Initiative vs. Guilt.
(b) Intimacy vs. isolation.
(c) Autonomy vs. shame.
(d) Trust vs. mistrust.

8. According to Erikson in terms of active identity formation individual who now can say they know where they are going, what has occurred?
(a) Psychosocial well-being.
(b) Psychological superiority.
(c) Identity completion.
(d) Wisdom.

9. What was William James obsessed with his entire life?
(a) Identity.
(b) Social dysfunction.
(c) Self.
(d) Morbid psychology.

10. How does Erikson suggest men were able to end the adolescent process?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Develop an adult identity.
(c) Get married.
(d) Subordinate their childhood identities to a new identity.

11. During the third stage of Erikson's theory of development, what may occur if an individual's initiatives or attempts at something continually fail?
(a) Compulsions.
(b) Sense of guilt.
(c) Identity confusion.
(d) Sense of independence.

12. What may be gained as an individual enters Erikson's final stage of development when their overall development has been positive and healthy?
(a) Hopelessness.
(b) Peace.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Reflection.

13. According to Erikson, how long does it take for identity to develop?
(a) A lifetime.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) Identity if formed at birth.

14. What does Erikson suggest offers simplified perspectives in order to avoid confusion of societal beliefs and goals?
(a) Education.
(b) Ideologies.
(c) Community structure.
(d) Social understanding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Erikson's second stage of development, what does the individual gain when identity has developed in a healthy manner?

2. What does Erikson's theory suggest concerning how children gain a sense of what their adult identities should be?

3. What aspects of Freud's theory of development does a functional ego integrate?

4. As discussed in Chapter 1, what first lead to the scientific mythology of the mind?

5. In Chapter 2, Foundations and Observation, during his discussion on group identity, what group of people does Erikson observe group changes to make his point?

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