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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which well-known psychologist noted that if a child can fight a sibling and win, he becomes a fighter. However, if he is not allowed to win, he will often not compete later in life?
(a) Alfred Adler.
(b) Erik Erikson.
(c) Jean Piaget.
(d) Lev Vygotsky.

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

3. "Reality testing" means what?
(a) That we should just stay with our parents.
(b) That we try different roles in order to become an adult.
(c) That wishing doesn't make it so.
(d) That we go to college and experiment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "It is __________ to grow up."

3. According to Chapter 9, what feeling could be fear of the loss of our own love?

4. As children, Viorst thinks we test reality with what?

5. According to Freud, when does the age of latency occur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Alfred Adler note about the relationship between siblings and how it influences who we become as adults?

2. Growing up means what, according to Chapter 10?

3. Why do psychologists think the "Mommy and I Are One" experiments worked?

4. What does our superego have to do with resolving the Oedipus complex?

5. Why do we have fantasies?

6. What happens when we do not behave in accordance with our conscience?

7. Why is Chapter 1 entitled, "The High Cost of Separation"?

8. Briefly describe the difference between infantile love, immature love, and mature love.

9. Denying hate prevents what, according to Winicott?

10. According to Chapter 9, what kind of person lacks guilt?

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