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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 psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, immature love follows what principle?
(a) I hate you because I love you.
(b) I am loved because I love.
(c) I love you because I need you.
(d) I need you because I love you.

2. By consolidating our own "inner law enforcer or superego," we can resolve what in a healthy way?
(a) The Oedipus complex.
(b) Our fear of authority.
(c) Our fear of abandoment.
(d) The inadequate feelings of childhood.

3. 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 friends.
(c) By belonging to a wide variety of social groups.
(d) Through imitation of our parents.

4. What are the ingrained patterns repeated in adulthood due to childhood experiences called?
(a) Familiarity complex.
(b) Repetition compulsion.
(c) Bad habits.
(d) Revisiting the past.

5. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?
(a) Our religious upbringing.
(b) Oedipal conflicts.
(c) The messages media convey.
(d) Libidinal conflicts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one of the necessary losses discussed in Chapter 3?

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

4. Drugs, communing with nature, religious experiences, and meditation are all ways in which people seek to what?

5. De-identification can help siblings feel superior in different ways, but it can also lead to what negative result?

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