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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Name the experimental psychologist who convinced people it was acceptable to continue shocking subjects despite their response to pain.
(a) Jean Piaget.
(b) Stanley Milgram.
(c) Richard Paredes.
(d) B.F. Skinner.

2. Which famous author wrote this about the loss of his cherished wife: "The first plunge of the knife into the flesh is felt again and again"?
(a) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(b) C.S. Lewis.
(c) Victor Hugo.
(d) Charles Dickens.

3. Who said, "To be a man, a woman, an adult, is to accept responsibility"?
(a) Jean Valjean
(b) Sigmund Freud
(c) Victor Hugo
(d) Antoine de Saint-Exupery

4. How is it believed that infants perceive their needs in relation to their mother?
(a) Their needs are different than their mother's.
(b) Their needs are the same as their mother's.
(c) Their needs are less than their mother's.
(d) Their needs are greater than their mother's.

5. What is composed of our noblest goals?
(a) Our id.
(b) Our ego ideal.
(c) Our superego.
(d) Our ego.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the character Alexander Portnoy?

2. There are what number of friendships that Viorst labels in Chapter 12?

3. Even as adults, according to the author, we still view our mothers as what?

4. Which sex tends to have only superficial relationships?

5. According to Chapter 8, it is believed that girls have a greater _______________ ability as opposed to boys.

(see the answer key)

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