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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Womanhood and the Inner Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Erikson suggest occurs in institutionalized settings such as a hospital with regard to identity?
(a) Emergence of self.
(b) Development of oneliness.
(c) Conformity of identity.
(d) Desperation for identity.

2. What is the core part of identity formation that cannot be separated from this formation?
(a) Authority acceptance.
(b) Peace of mind.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Collectivism.

3. What is one thing that Erikson states comes with each stage of identity development?
(a) Closing off of society.
(b) An emotional separation.
(c) A widening social radius.
(d) Understanding of self.

4. What term does Erikson use to mean the factor that serves to integrate a person toward a common societal goal?
(a) Ego identity.
(b) Group identity.
(c) Gender identity.
(d) Sexual identity.

5. What does Erikson feel one must explore in a discussion of women that may block meaningful discussion?
(a) Emotional reactions and resistances.
(b) Intellectual reactions and resistances.
(c) Physical reactions and resistances.
(d) Psychological reactions and resistances.

Short Answer Questions

1. As discussed by Erikson in Chapter 2, what occurs when a system either biological or social malfunctions?

2. How does feminists often react during times of identity development and social change, as proposed in Erikson's theory?

3. What did Shaw care so much about being?

4. What do many youth move back and forth between in terms of dysfunctional modes of Erikson's theory of identity development?

5. Within the Erikson's system of the self-concept, what is produced by the ego?

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