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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 is the nature of psychoanalysis as viewed by Erikson?
(a) Explicit.
(b) Empirical.
(c) Implicit.
(d) Observational.

2. Why does Erikson suggest men are resistant to respond to women?
(a) Age-old physical reasons.
(b) They are frightened.
(c) Age-old psychological reasons.
(d) It is not proper.

3. What are two characteristics of women that Erikson presents in Chapter 7?
(a) Live longer and are tougher.
(b) Are emotional and indecisive.
(c) Are prone to disease and love longer.
(d) Live shorter and are weaker.

4. Why does Erikson state that ideologies have been given a bad name?
(a) Because they are only a set of principles.
(b) They are open to interpretation.
(c) They are false.
(d) They have no baring on identity.

5. In discussing Freud's views on group identity, what does Erikson state is a major cause in identity becoming frustrating and disintegrated?
(a) When the role of identity in a group changes.
(b) When groups members do not have their own identity.
(c) When there are too many leaders.
(d) When the group disbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erikson state youth often experience, which is evidence of identity diffusion?

2. What two components within Erikson's theory are important for youth to base their identities on?

3. According to Erikson, what is the third stage of development?

4. What does Erikson feel has barker elements that may not be wholly sincere?

5. What was Shaw exposed to as a child?

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