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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. What does Erikson suggest has led to the focus on women's position in the world?

2. What are two characteristics of women that Erikson presents in Chapter 7?

3. What to processes, according to Erikson as discussed in Chapter 5, are tied together?

4. What does Erikson suggest is in the domain of the inter agency that produces a coherent existence?

5. In light of Erikson's view on identity development within communities, what must communities recognize in youth?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to post-Freudian theory, how is culture developed around women?

2. What does Erikson think is the driving force for the more inclusive identity?

3. What resulted from Marx-Freud polarization?

4. What role does the psychoanalyst play in helping an individual in terms of developing identity according to the theory set forth by Erikson?

5. According to Erikson what is necessary for a woman to form her identity?

6. What are the characteristics of youth leaders, in terms of Erikson's theory?

7. What is the difference between the Ego and "I"?

8. What is the overriding issue concerning Erikson's proposal of ideologies and identity development?

9. According to Erikson, why is preoccupation with identity the symptom of alienation?

10. Rather than suggesting modern youth pathological what does Erikson youth to understand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is identity formation guaranteed with age? If yes, discuss the result of identity formation on the elderly? If no, discuss what is necessary for this process to occur?

Essay Topic 2

Define the term "sense of basic trust" and discuss what this means to an infant in the beginning stages of identity development. How is stressed formed and what happens if trust is not formed? How are later stages affected by the successful or unsuccessful initiation of positive identity development? Use the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Erikson's discussion on the differences of identity between youth today and those of 20 years ago focuses on the fact that today's youth may suffer more identity crisis than those of the past. Provide evidence from the reading that support this theory. Based on the reading, what factors do you feel play a major role in today's youth being unable to effectively form a positive self identity? Explain your answer.

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