Question 1

According to Erikson,an identity crisis

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A)  has no effect in either direction on ego strength.
B)  increases ego strength.
C)  decreases ego strength.
D)  may increase or decrease ego strength.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Erikson contended that an elderly person's delight in a variety of different physical sensations reflects

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A)  wisdom.
B)  generalized sensuality.
C)  intimacy with nature.
D)  sexual sublimation.
E)  procreativity.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

Erikson saw the ego as developing

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A)  only during adolescence.
B)  within a social structure.
C)  under the power of the id.
D)  independent of social or historical factors.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

For Erikson,infancy is a time of

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A)  exclusion.
B)  active exploration.
C)  incorporation.
D)  exclusivity.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C) C

Question 5

According to Erikson,self-centeredness,provincialism,and pseudospeciation are all manifestations of

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A)  mistrust.
B)  identity confusion.
C)  isolation.
D)  rejectivity.
E)  despair.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

Discuss Erikson's basic assumptions that underlie his theory of developmental stages.

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A.Psychological growth takes place accor...

Question 7

Erikson found that the prolonged and permissive nursing of Sioux infants resulted in ____________ character traits.

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A)  oral
B)  anal
C)  phallic
D)  infantile
E)  latencyF) A) and E)
G) C) and E) A

Question 8

Rejection of family or community standards,inability to establish intimacy,and inability to concentrate on required tasks are symptomatic of what Erikson called

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A)  identity confusion.
B)  an unresolved Oedipal situation.
C)  ideological inertia.
D)  ego idealism.
E)  identity stagnation.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

Erikson claimed that for most people,the longest stage of psychosocial development is

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A)  adolescence.
B)  young adulthood.
C)  adulthood.
D)  later adulthood.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Erikson's core pathology of old age is

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A)  disdain.
B)  rejection.
C)  rage.
D)  impotence.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B) A

Question 11

Erikson's life was marked by several

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A)  marriages.
B)  personal analyses with Jung.
C)  identity crises.
D)  episodes of schizophrenia.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Erikson's school age stage of psychosocial development parallels which of Freud's stages of psychosexual development?

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A)  oral
B)  phallic
C)  anal
D)  genital
E)  latencyF) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

Erikson's theory rates high on ______,and moderate to low on ______.

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A)  biology as an influence; optimism for humanity.
B)  organizing knowledge; generating research.
C)  internal consistency; parsimony and falsifiability.
D)  parsimony and falsifiability; internal consistency.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

According to Erikson,what is necessary for proper adaptation?

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A)  syntonic elements only
B)  dystonic elements only
C)  both syntonic and dystonic elements
D)  neither syntonic nor dystonic elementsE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Industry versus inferiority is Erikson's psychosocial crisis of

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A)  early childhood.
B)  the play age.
C)  the school age.
D)  adolescence.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Self-control and interpersonal control are the tasks of the _______ stage of psychosocial development,according to Erikson.

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A)  infancy
B)  early childhood
C)  latter childhood
D)  play age
E)  school ageF) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 17

The resolution of the crisis of early childhood results in Erikson's basic strength of

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A)  trust.
B)  love.
C)  will.
D)  purposefulness.
E)  competence.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

Inadequate will,according to Erikson,is expressed as

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A)  stubbornness.
B)  inhibition.
C)  compulsion.
D)  shame.
E)  autonomy.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

Erikson suggested that the basic strength of the play age is

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A)  trust.
B)  autonomy.
C)  initiative.
D)  purpose.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Erikson's belief that the ego develops in a sequence,with each stage emerging from and being built upon a previous stage,illustrates the concept of

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A)  pseudospecies.
B)  embryological imperative.
C)  epigenetic principle.
D)  psychic energy.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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