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

2. What do youth recognize the need for during Erikson's stages of identity development?
(a) Friends.
(b) Family.
(c) Community.
(d) Loyalty.

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

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

5. Based on Freud's theory of identity, Ego identity results in two actions, one of which is synthesizing the frontiers of the ego; what is the other action?
(a) Completing identity.
(b) Analyzing the frontiers of the ego.
(c) Merging self with the past.
(d) Merging self with the environment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erikson state the ego is in that it knows and understands where it wants to go?

2. What does Erikson state is difficult for black mothers in terms of their children?

3. What are women isolated by during Erikson's stages of identity development?

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

5. How does feminists often react during times of identity development and social change, as proposed in Erikson's theory?

Short Essay Questions

1. The why does Erikson feel that anatomy is destiny?

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

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

4. What is Erikson feel that terms such as "I" or "self" are confusing?

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

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

7. According to Erikson what is necessary for a woman to form her identity?

8. In referring to Erikson's theory of racial identity development, how are the negative self images of minorities unintentionally reinforced by the majority?

9. What is the overriding issue concerning Erikson's proposal of ideologies and identity development?

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

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