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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what do babies need?
(a) Mothers.
(b) A consistent caregiver.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Fathers.

2. 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.

3. According to Viorst, siblings destroy our dream of what?
(a) Being best friends with our sibling.
(b) Being our mother's favorite.
(c) Absolute love.
(d) Living an idyllic life.

4. According to Viorst, in what way do we primarily form our self-identity?
(a) Through experimentation with different character traits.
(b) Through imitation of our parents.
(c) By belonging to a wide variety of social groups.
(d) Through imitation of our friends.

5. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?
(a) Our desire for freedom versus our desire for protection.
(b) Our desire to learn versus our desire to have fun.
(c) Our desire for love versus our desire to be loved.
(d) Our desire to please our mother versus our desire to please ourselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."

2. Which two psychologists believe that the contacts between infant and mother produce a "deep libidinal pleasure"?

3. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?

4. By consolidating our own "inner law enforcer or superego," we can resolve what in a healthy way?

5. How does the author feel we can move past re-creating what has already happened?

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