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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 6, is sibling rivalry normal and universal?
(a) Only in the United States.
(b) Ten out of ten psychoanalysts answer yes.
(c) Only in industrialized nations.
(d) It depends on the parenting style.

2. What is one of the necessary losses discussed in Chapter 3?
(a) To give up on the idea that we are independent beings.
(b) To give up our need for control.
(c) To give up on being one with our mother.
(d) To give up the many identities we try out.

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

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

5. After fantasizing about her mother having a fatal heart attack, a woman drove up to her mother's apartment building to find what?
(a) Everyone having a block party.
(b) Her mother's upstairs neighbor being loaded into an ambulance.
(c) Her mother being loaded into an ambulance.
(d) A fire and fire truck.

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

7. Which of the following, according to the author, may be an inappropriate way to deal with the grieving of childhood?
(a) Breaking the rules.
(b) Driving recklessly.
(c) Sex.
(d) Drugs.

8. As a result of unconscious guilt, criminals sometimes do what?
(a) Confess.
(b) Hide thier crimes.
(c) Leave self-damaging evidence.
(d) Lie to authority figures.

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

10. According to Chapter 11, we sometimes fear that our fantasies can do what?
(a) Reveal the sick, depraved person we really are.
(b) Make us mean.
(c) Have the power to control reality.
(d) Change us.

11. Even as adults, according to the author, we still view our mothers as what?
(a) As our greatest critic.
(b) As our biggest fan.
(c) As our dearest friend.
(d) As our safety net.

12. 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?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 300.
(c) 982.
(d) 50.

13. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?
(a) A dollhouse.
(b) A pair of roller skates.
(c) A bike.
(d) A set of artist's paints.

14. What does the author state that extended separation from a mother can cause a child?
(a) A good chance to socialize with other people.
(b) Pain and permanent damage.
(c) A sense of independence.
(d) Hunger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Our conscience is our _____________ installed in our mind."

2. The first sentence of Chapter 1 states that, "Life begins with _______."

3. According to the book, the conscious daydreams that drift through our minds bring hints to us of what kind of world?

4. According to Chapter 11, what is built of imperfect connections?

5. "It is __________ to grow up."

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