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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which well-known psychologist noted that if a child can fight a sibling and win, he becomes a fighter. However, if he is not allowed to win, he will often not compete later in life?
(a) Alfred Adler.
(b) Erik Erikson.
(c) Lev Vygotsky.
(d) Jean Piaget.

2. Which sex tends to have only superficial relationships?
(a) Both.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Men who were abused or abandoned as children.

3. Sibling rivalry tends to do what as we get older?
(a) Intensify.
(b) Diminish.
(c) Increase.
(d) Disappear.

4. According to Viorst, which two abilities at which boys excel are the only ones based in scientific fact?
(a) Aggression and visual spatial ability.
(b) Sports and hunting.
(c) Math and science.
(d) Verbal and scientific.

5. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?
(a) A set of artist's paints.
(b) A bike.
(c) A dollhouse.
(d) A pair of roller skates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of Delia Ephron's book about adolescent angst referenced in Chapter 10?

2. Friends and intimate partners are considered what?

3. Sigmund Freud once said, "When you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is ______________?"

4. Viorst contends that our unconscious sexual thoughts toward friends are masked as what?

5. The title of Chapter 12 lists what?

(see the answer key)

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