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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?
(a) Our desire to please our mother versus our desire to please ourselves.
(b) Our desire for love versus our desire to be loved.
(c) Our desire for freedom versus our desire for protection.
(d) Our desire to learn versus our desire to have fun.

2. Which two psychologists believe that the contacts between infant and mother produce a "deep libidinal pleasure"?
(a) Piaget and Spock.
(b) Freud and Erikson.
(c) Jung and Adler.
(d) Skinner and Sullivan.

3. Which of the answers below describes the stages and challenges of the life cycle according to Erik Erikson?
(a) The Five Cycles of a Human.
(b) The Eight Ages of Man.
(c) The Twelve Stages of Life.
(d) The Four Periods of Growth.

4. According to Viorst, grown-up love must begin with what?
(a) A mature understanding of self.
(b) The separation of self from the other.
(c) An ability to forgive others.
(d) Two grown adults.

5. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Homer.
(c) Orion.
(d) Ulysses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the example of a woman dreaming of a German Nazi officer, she is really associating with what?

2. As adults, we are able to see ourselves as in control, not as ___________.

3. According to Chapter 6, is sibling rivalry normal and universal?

4. When the child decides to replace the hostility towards the new sibling with some other activity, it is referred to as what?

5. According to the author, what do babies need?

Short Essay Questions

1. What support does Viorst give to the Cinderella Complex?

2. Briefly describe the difference between infantile love, immature love, and mature love.

3. According to Viorst, why is it okay to have fantasies that are inappropriate if they aren't acted upon?

4. The term "penis envy" can sound quite ridiculous, but Viorst points out that it takes on many metaphorical meanings. What are some of those possible symbolic meanings?

5. Why do we have fantasies?

6. Who first discovered the Oedipus complex? How did he/she describe it?

7. Why does sibling rivalry tend to diminish with age?

8. How does the author propose that some men compensate for their envy of a woman's ability to have children?

9. What did Alfred Adler note about the relationship between siblings and how it influences who we become as adults?

10. When a child sees a mother as all-good or all-bad, how can this affect their future relationships?

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