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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?
(a) When puberty occurs.
(b) When separation occurs.
(c) When the mother tells the child, "No!" for the first time.
(d) When adolescence occurs.

2. Escaping to an earlier stage of development in an effort to deal with socially unacceptable feelings toward a new sibling is called what?
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Two steps back.
(c) Escapism.
(d) Regression.

3. According to Chapter 6, is sibling rivalry normal and universal?
(a) Only in the United States.
(b) Ten out of ten psychoanalysts answer yes.
(c) It depends on the parenting style.
(d) Only in industrialized nations.

4. Viorst states, "All of us, to some degree, are _______________."
(a) Primarily sexual.
(b) Homosexual.
(c) Asexual.
(d) Bisexual.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, absence makes the heart grow _____________.

2. According to Viorst, we not only try to re-live the good experiences from our past, but also seek to re-create the bad ones in an effort to do what?

3. How does Viorst purport that we form an identification of "I"?

4. 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?

5. Subliminal messages of "Mommy and I are one," have proven to result in what?

(see the answer key)

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