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

2. Why does Erikson state that remorseful majorities be watched?
(a) They may become oppressed.
(b) They may repeat habitual patterns.
(c) They may not really be remorseful.
(d) They may lose their identity.

3. What does Erikson suggest defines much of a woman's identity?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Attractiveness to men.
(c) How many children she has.
(d) Who she marries.

4. What does Erikson feel about psychoanalysts' use of biology?
(a) It is important to the study of identity.
(b) Shallow and inaccurate.
(c) It has not place in the study of identity.
(d) It is innovative.

5. What does Erikson wish youth would search for?
(a) Something not sanctioned by society.
(b) Common ground with society.
(c) Self.
(d) Truth based on society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Erikson think the black identity has been confused?

2. Considering Erikson's theory of group identity development, what are cultures often led to do concerning their values?

3. What do youth try to balance while going through Erikson's stages of identity development?

4. What, according to Erikson, is destructive for blacks?

5. How are Erikson's ideologies of youth fulfilled?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects are involved in defining the ego?

2. According to post-Freudian theory, how is culture developed around women?

3. Rather than suggesting modern youth pathological what does Erikson youth to understand?

4. According to Erikson, why are youth so sensitive to the identities of the past?

5. In Chapter 5, why has Erikson replace the term identity confusion with identity diffusion?

6. What role does the psychoanalyst play in helping an individual in terms of developing identity according to the theory set forth by Erikson?

7. How does Erikson propose a sketch of psychopathology can help make sense of a new identity?

8. Why does Erikson's notion of identity resistance often occur and therapy?

9. What is Erikson state that it is difficult for black mothers to push their children to be educated?

10. Why does Erikson believe political underground groups often target youth?

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