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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Life Cycle, Epigenesis of Identity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the fourth stage of Erikson's theory of development, what occurs when an individual is successful?
(a) Feelings of superiority.
(b) Feelings of industry.
(c) Feelings of independence.
(d) Feelings of guilt.

2. According to Freud, what is the second stage of identity development called?
(a) Latent stage.
(b) Phallic stage.
(c) Oral stage.
(d) Anal stage.

3. What does Erikson suggest society's child training systems does for the uniqueness of society?
(a) Preserve it.
(b) Strengthen it.
(c) Increase standard of living.
(d) Provide meaning.

4. Erikson states that we deal with the process located in the core of the individual and where else?
(a) Within himself.
(b) In his past.
(c) The core of his communal culture.
(d) Among his family.

5. What is unique about each stage of Erikson's stages of identity development?
(a) Conflict.
(b) They are concrete.
(c) The build on one another.
(d) They are flexible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erikson state youth need so they do not languish in a strictly episodical conscious expansion?

2. What is one example that Erikson provides for the notion of "evil ego identity"?

3. What is the definition of "identity" subject to?

4. What may be gained as an individual enters Erikson's final stage of development when their overall development has been positive and healthy?

5. What term does Erikson use to refer to the methods used throughout history to integrate identity?

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