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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Identity Confusion in Life History and Case History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What may be gained as an individual enters Erikson's final stage of development when their overall development has been positive and healthy?
(a) Hopelessness.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Peace.
(d) Reflection.

2. According to Erikson in terms of active identity formation individual who now can say they know where they are going, what has occurred?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Identity completion.
(c) Psychosocial well-being.
(d) Psychological superiority.

3. What does Erikson suggest offers simplified perspectives in order to avoid confusion of societal beliefs and goals?
(a) Social understanding.
(b) Education.
(c) Community structure.
(d) Ideologies.

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

5. Because the terms "identity" and "identity crisis" are used in such a variety of situations, what have these terms become?
(a) Embedded in society.
(b) Ritualized.
(c) Coined.
(d) Well-defined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style of identity combines medieval conception of community with modern disobedience and nonviolence?

2. During the third stage of Erikson's theory of development, what may occur if an individual's initiatives or attempts at something continually fail?

3. Considering Erikson's theory of groups identity development, what type of group demands does ego identity help balance?

4. According to Freud, what is the first stage of identity development called?

5. When does the normative crisis of identity formation occur?

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