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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Erikson resist characterizing modern youth as?
(a) Lacking identity.
(b) Self-absorbed.
(c) Ready for adulthood.
(d) Lacking virtue.

4. What arises from achieving a sense of identity or a revolution of awareness as proposed in Erikson's theory of racial identity development?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Racial liberation.
(c) Final identity.
(d) Peace.

5. What does Erikson state that the self-concept of self esteem is tied to?
(a) Identity.
(b) Parents.
(c) Environment.
(d) Biology.

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

7. What does the process of meeting fidelity do for Erikson's theory of youth identity?
(a) Confirms it.
(b) Strengthens it.
(c) Denies it.
(d) Confuses it.

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

9. What does Erikson state youth often experience, which is evidence of identity diffusion?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Estrangement.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Collaboration.

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

11. What two characteristics does Erikson believe are central to the female identity?
(a) Empathy and family.
(b) Independence and family.
(c) Sterness and family.
(d) Empathy and happiness.

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

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

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

15. Why does Erikson feel focus has moved to women?
(a) They are more than housewives.
(b) Threat of nuclear annihilation.
(c) They have a lot to offer.
(d) They are equal to men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dose Erikson say psychoanalysts' fail to recognize about the ego?

2. How is identity diffusion manifested during the adolescent stages of Erikson's theory of identity development?

3. What is the nature of psychoanalysis as viewed by Erikson?

4. What are women able to process better than men, according to Erikson?

5. What two components within Erikson's theory are important for youth to base their identities on?

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