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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What style of identity combines medieval conception of community with modern disobedience and nonviolence?
2. What does Erikson suggest society's child training systems does for the uniqueness of society?
3. What can reinforce the process of negative identity formation in terms of Erikson's stages of identity development?
4. What are two characteristics Erikson applies to the task of the ego in order to maintain and organize its existence?
5. Why does Erikson warn the reader not to expect any solid development of mythology in terms of integrating the work on identity over the past two decades?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Erikson, why is early adolescents signified by feelings of initiative or guilt?
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. Considering group identity developing, in light of Erikson's stages of development, how do individuals make group decisions in order to ease the pressures of making difficult decisions?
4. According to Erikson, what is our earliest undifferentiated sense of identity?
5. How do social scientists attempt to narrow the term identity down?
6. How do parents trigger transference in the formulation of evil ego identity as children move through Erikson's developmental stages?
7. What does Erikson mean by the term psychosocial moratorium?
8. What does Erikson suggest should our implicit scheme include in addition to growth?
9. What is the role of ideologies and identity development?
10. Why is a feeling of wholeness by the final stages of Erikson's identity development necessary in creating a positive identity?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the importance of using case history to develop a theory of identity. Is this method valid? Why or why not? What other methods could be used in developing valid theory of identity development?
Essay Topic 2
In Freud's letter, he makes a comparison between positive identity and negative character traits. Why is this comparison significant? What does this suggest about identity? And do you think it applies today? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Define the term "sense of basic trust" and discuss what this means to an infant in the beginning stages of identity development. How is stressed formed and what happens if trust is not formed? How are later stages affected by the successful or unsuccessful initiation of positive identity development? Use the book to support your answer.
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