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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who said, "To be a man, a woman, an adult, is to accept responsibility"?
2. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?
3. 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?
4. According to Viorst, we not only try to re-live the good experiences from our past, but also seek to re-create the bad ones in an effort to do what?
5. At the end of Chapter 8, Margaret Mead uses what type of profession in her analogy about accepting what we were born with?
Short Essay Questions
1. Denying hate prevents what, according to Winicott?
2. Excessive punishment of ourselves rests on the illusion of what?
3. Why does sibling rivalry tend to diminish with age?
4. The term "penis envy" can sound quite ridiculous, but Viorst points out that it takes on many metaphorical meanings. What are some of those possible symbolic meanings?
5. What support does Viorst give to the Cinderella Complex?
6. What did Stanley Milgram's experiment reveal about people?
7. Why is Chapter 1 entitled, "The High Cost of Separation"?
8. What does our superego have to do with resolving the Oedipus complex?
9. Discuss some of the means, covered in Chapter 2, by which we attempt to restore oneness with our mothers.
10. Why are we afraid of fantasies that portray socially unacceptable behavior?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using support from the book, discuss whether the differences between males and females are innate or cultural.
Essay Topic 2
Chapter 14 discusses the theory that parents will do anything to protect their children and try to give them a better life than they themselves had. Discuss the various ways in which mothers, especially, try to make their children better people than themselves. Use examples from the book for support.
Essay Topic 3
Viorst describes various types of guilt throughout Chapter 9. Describe what they are, how they differ, and whether each one serves to help us or negatively impact us.
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