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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. When the child decides to replace the hostility towards the new sibling with some other activity, it is referred to as what?
2. At what age do we develop the superego?
3. The following verse is from what poem? "And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns, About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home, In the sun that is young once only, Time let me play and be..."
4. According to psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, immature love follows what principle?
5. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do children experience sibling rivalry?
2. According to Viorst, why is it okay to have fantasies that are inappropriate if they aren't acted upon?
3. Excessive punishment of ourselves rests on the illusion of what?
4. How does the author propose that some men compensate for their envy of a woman's ability to have children?
5. Viorst lists many things that healthy adults know. Name two.
6. Describe the four stages of standing alone.
7. Who first discovered the Oedipus complex? How did he/she describe it?
8. Endocrinologist Estelle Ramey uses what example to support her theory that virtually all differences between male and female are cultural?
9. What happens when we do not behave in accordance with our conscience?
10. Why did Freud name it the Oedipus complex?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What important steps in human development take place at middle age? Discuss how we continue to define who we are through this process.
Essay Topic 2
Using support from the book, discuss whether the differences between males and females are innate or cultural.
Essay Topic 3
Chapter 11 details the positive and negative aspects of our dreams and fantasies. Compare and contrast fantasy versus reality using ideas from the book. How are they similar? How are they different? Do they serve the same purpose?
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