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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry David Thoreau's little isolated cabin was how far from his mother's house?
(a) One state away.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) One day on a horse.
(d) One mile.

2. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?
(a) A well-adjusted adult.
(b) Someone who makes our mother proud.
(c) A narcissist.
(d) A separate self.

3. Which of the answers below describes the stages and challenges of the life cycle according to Erik Erikson?
(a) The Four Periods of Growth.
(b) The Twelve Stages of Life.
(c) The Five Cycles of a Human.
(d) The Eight Ages of Man.

4. As adults, we are able to see ourselves as in control, not as ___________.
(a) Aggressors.
(b) Children.
(c) Victims.
(d) Mental patients.

5. Freud said that every dream contains what?
(a) A cat.
(b) Pain.
(c) Truth.
(d) A wish.

6. The Cinderella Complex says that women are programmed for what?
(a) Being a maid.
(b) Dependency.
(c) Motherhood.
(d) Helplessness.

7. When we allow some person or group to stand in place of our own conscience, this leads to what?
(a) Deficient guilt.
(b) Dependent guilt.
(c) Indiscriminate guilt.
(d) Unconscious guilt.

8. According to Chapter 9, how do we eventually resolve the Oedipus complex?
(a) By becoming adults.
(b) Through our conscience.
(c) Through guilt.
(d) Through punishment and shame.

9. According to Chapter 8, what does modern science say that all mammals start out as?
(a) Male.
(b) Embryos.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Female.

10. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.
(a) Success.
(b) Valid response.
(c) Ridiculous behavior.
(d) Negative.

11. The idea that we are all in love with the parent of the opposite sex is known as what?
(a) The Odysseus complex.
(b) The Oracle complex.
(c) The Electra complex.
(d) The Oedipus complex.

12. Who wrote the book, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?
(a) J.K. Rowling
(b) Madeleine L'Engle
(c) Beverly Cleary
(d) Judy Blume

13. What was the name of the "weird little novel" mentioned by Viorst in Chapter 8?
(a) Confederacy of Dunces.
(b) The Men's Club.
(c) The Moviegoer.
(d) The Catcher in the Rye.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 6, is sibling rivalry normal and universal?

2. After fantasizing about her mother having a fatal heart attack, a woman drove up to her mother's apartment building to find what?

3. In the study discussed in Chapter 8, how many school children were asked how their lives would be different if they woke up the next morning as the opposite sex?

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

5. According to psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, immature love follows what principle?

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