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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 dose Erikson say psychoanalysts' fail to recognize about the ego?

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

3. What does Erikson feel an inclusive identity is contained in?

4. Throughout the stages of Erikson's theory of identity development, what happens if youth do not take advantage of the wisdom elders have to share?

5. What to processes, according to Erikson as discussed in Chapter 5, are tied together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is unique about a revolution or awareness of identity as discussed by Erikson in chapter eight "Race and Wider Identity"?

3. Why does Erikson feel it is important to have a clear identity when one has numerous options for identity available?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the difference between the Ego and "I"?

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

10. What resulted from Marx-Freud polarization?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Erikson suggest that true intimacy can only occur after positive identity formation? What does this theory suggest about intimacy as a whole? What is the counterpart of intimacy and how does this play into the concept of intimacy and identity formation?

Essay Topic 2

Is Erikson's theory of identity development valid? Provide examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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