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

2. When does the normative crisis of identity formation occur?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) As a toddler.
(c) As an adult.
(d) With mother and baby.

3. That does introjection mean in terms of Erikson's stages of identity development for groups other than the majority?
(a) Incorporating another's image.
(b) Explore your identity.
(c) Think about the past.
(d) Think about the future.

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

5. What does Erikson feel happens when a healthy personality deals with conflict?
(a) Their identity becomes confused.
(b) They lose their identity.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They actively master the situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. As discussed in Chapter 2, who is able to trigger transference of models of identity formation within younger members of society?

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

3. What might gaining a stronger self identity correspond to in relation to the majority of the population?

4. At what stage in Erikson's theory of development may an individual begin to lose confidence or identity and enter period of listlessness?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Erikson, what is our earliest undifferentiated sense of identity?

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

3. What does Erikson suggest should our implicit scheme include in addition to growth?

4. How do parents trigger transference in the formulation of evil ego identity as children move through Erikson's developmental stages?

5. How does Erikson use child training to describe group identity formation?

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

7. Considering Erikson's theory of identity development, how does the parent's tendency to remain stuck in adolescents affect youth's identity development?

8. Why does Erikson suggest that understanding identity requires understanding the development of identity?

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

10. What was Freud's focus of theorizing?

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