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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Choice and identity.
(b) Common identity.
(c) Dissonance.
(d) Leadership.

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

3. What does Erikson state youth need so they do not languish in a strictly episodical conscious expansion?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Leadership that can be resistant.
(c) Understanding of the past.
(d) A set of guidelines for identity.

4. What did Shaw convinced himself he was?
(a) A genius.
(b) A leader.
(c) A complete outsider.
(d) A helper.

5. As discussed by Erikson in Chapter 2, what occurs when a system either biological or social malfunctions?
(a) Pathology.
(b) Identity loss.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Restart of identity formation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Erikson feel individuals develop trust?

2. According to Erikson in Chapter 2, what does personal identity focus on?

3. What is one example that Erikson provides for the notion of "evil ego identity"?

4. The ________ cannot coexist with the increase in advances in a technologically led culture?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Erikson mean by the term psychosocial moratorium?

2. What is Erikson suggest that the development of trust or mistrust in the first age and identity development is the cornerstone of an individual's personality?

3. According to Erikson, why is early adolescents signified by feelings of initiative or guilt?

4. How does introjection help the ego grow in Erikson's theory of identity development?

5. Why did William James refer to psychology as morbid psychology?

6. What does Erikson suggests will happen if the youth do not grow up?

7. What are some unique characteristics discussed at the beginning of Chapter 4 concerning George Bernard Shaw?

8. Why does Erikson suggest that the second stage of identity development is a period of letting go?

9. What does Erikson suggest is immune to the failure of ego synthesis?

10. What is the role of ideologies and identity development?

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