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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Winnicott argues that denying _____ prevents "the developing child from facing and learning to tolerate" this emotion in themselves.
(a) Deceit.
(b) Anger.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Pride.

2. What is the name of the personality that evolves when a child cannot trust their own feelings and takes on the personality traits of others?
(a) "Chameleon personality."
(b) "Borderline personality."
(c) "Shifting personality."
(d) "As-if personality."

3. Which person coined the phrase Cinderella Complex?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Colette Dowling.
(c) Colleen Rodman.
(d) Judith Viorst.

4. While in the hospital, a little boy who was set on fire by his mother is crying for whom?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His nurse.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

5. There are _______ unanswered questions about the innate differences between the sexes.
(a) Flimsy.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Many.
(d) Few.

Short Answer Questions

1. The idea that we are all in love with the parent of the opposite sex is known as what?

2. When we allow some person or group to stand in place of our own conscience, this leads to what?

3. According to Chapter 9, how do we eventually resolve the Oedipus complex?

4. Viorst states that what kind of parents are sexually attracted to their child?

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

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