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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Erikson use as an example to discuss the identity of blacks?
(a) W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) Freud.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) Martian Luther King.

2. According to Erikson, how are oppressed groups' negative identities confirmed?
(a) When majorities deny their oppression.
(b) When minorities recognize they are oppressed.
(c) By their actions.
(d) When majorities recognize their oppression.

3. For women, as proposed by Erikson, when does adulthood begin?
(a) When they turn 18 years old.
(b) With the capacity to give and receive love.
(c) When they get married.
(d) When they have children.

4. What does Erikson say must not happen with strong black mothers?
(a) They must not be negatively stereotyped.
(b) They must not be so overbearing.
(c) They must continue their struggles.
(d) They must not be positively stereotyped.

5. Considering Erikson's theory of group identity development, what are cultures often led to do concerning their values?
(a) Confirm them.
(b) Absolutize them.
(c) Modify them.
(d) Give them up.

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

7. Who does Erikson suggest black be integrated with?
(a) Other minorities.
(b) Only the majority.
(c) Americans with a more inclusive identity.
(d) Americans with a more exclusive identity.

8. What are two characteristics of women that Erikson presents in Chapter 7?
(a) Are prone to disease and love longer.
(b) Are emotional and indecisive.
(c) Live longer and are tougher.
(d) Live shorter and are weaker.

9. 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.

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

11. What might the older generation, as suggested by Erikson, use youth's need for joining to satisfy?
(a) Need to rebel.
(b) Need for fidelity.
(c) Need for independence.
(d) Need for conformity.

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

13. Interpreting Freud's theory, what does Erikson feel occurs when the ego resists integrating into new environments?
(a) Identity confusion.
(b) Identity displacement.
(c) Identity resistance.
(d) Identity loss.

14. In light of Erikson's view on identity development within communities, what must communities recognize in youth?
(a) Their lack of identity.
(b) Their rebellion.
(c) Their energy.
(d) Their identity.

15. What does Erikson suggest might save blacks from having to integrate their identities based on their own decision to do so?
(a) Community.
(b) Religion.
(c) Family.
(d) Public policy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to successful integration to occur what does Erikson feel must fit together?

2. What two characteristics does Erikson believe are central to the female identity?

3. What elements of Erikson's theory must be balanced in order to avoid obsessiveness and relativism?

4. In terms of Erikson's theory of identity development, what is one notion that youth resist?

5. Based on Erikson's studies, what directly influences the egos process of self integration?

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