Question 1

Research on psychosocial stages demonstrated

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A)  little support for the individual stages. 
B)  a relationship between happiness and successful development in the first six stages. 
C)  no relationship between the stages and other aspects of personality. 
D)  support for generativity or stagnation in middle age.

Question 2

Generativity in middle age correlates positively with

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A)  income. 
B)  ego integrity. 
C)  wisdom. 
D)  power and intimacy motivation.

Question 3

College may delay the resolution of the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  generativity crisis. 
B)  resolution stage 
C)  identity crisis 
D)  formation crisis

Question 4

Ego integrity involves

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A)  making unconscious desires conscious. 
B)  allowing the superego and the id to be more balanced. 
C)  having a sense of frustration with our past. 
D)  accepting one's place and past.

Question 5

Erikson identified the stage of identity cohesion versus role confusion as

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A)  a time when a person has a strong sense of their own identity. 
B)  a confusing turmoil of irresolvable conflicts and situations. 
C)  a moratorium to give a person time and energy to play different roles and live with different images. 
D)  a period of consistency, hope, and resolution of conflicts.

Question 6

A person forms some form of productive work,establishes intimate relationships,and has an opportunity to become independent from his parents in the

Accepted Answer

A)  intimacy versus isolation stage. 
B)  generativity versus stagnation stage. 
C)  identity cohesion versus role confusion stage. 
D)  industriousness versus inferiority stage.

Question 7

Research on the identity crisis has shown that

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A)  attending college speeds up its resolution. 
B)  attending college delays its resolution. 
C)  most people never experience it. 
D)  people who do not resolve it well do not go on to the next stage.

Question 8

Each of Erikson's developmental stages provides a person an opportunity to develop his

Accepted Answer

A)  awareness of the unconscious forces that guide him. 
B)  understanding of personal archetypes. 
C)  ability to overcome genetic predispositions. 
D)  basic strengths.

Question 9

Which is a positive outcome in the intimacy versus isolation stage?

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A)  A person establishes positive intimate relationships. 
B)  A person is not able to commit to a particular career or relationship and becomes quite independent of his parents. 
C)  The person establishes a life-long permanent job occupation. 
D)  The person avoids social contacts until he or she establishes a permanent job or occupation.

Question 10

Older people should seek

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A)  vital participation in life. 
B)  new challenges. 
C)  stimulation from their environment. 
D)  all the answers.

Question 11

A person who fails to achieve a cohesive identity will experience a confusion of their roles and thus will have an identity crisis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Failure to adapt at one developmental stage

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A)  dooms the person to failure at later stages. 
B)  leads to despair instead of ego integrity. 
C)  can be corrected by success at a later stage. 
D)  prevents development of the superego.

Question 13

In his study of play constructions,Erikson believed he saw

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A)  the symbolic expression of the genitals for both sexes. 
B)  proof of his first three developmental stages. 
C)  how sex roles were changing in modern culture. 
D)  that play of girls was very similar to the play of boys.

Question 14

Erikson believed personality develops

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A)  mostly in early childhood. 
B)  by about age five. 
C)  during adolescence. 
D)  throughout the entire life span.

Question 15

Erikson's primary assessment technique was

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A)  psychological testing. 
B)  free association. 
C)  dream analysis. 
D)  Erikson was skeptical of most assessment techniques.

Question 16

During the stage when trust or mistrust are the ways of coping,the most important body part is the

Accepted Answer

A)  anus. 
B)  mouth. 
C)  penis. 
D)  nose.

Question 17

Erikson's depiction of emotional difficulties in middle age is similar to

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A)  Freud's description of ego development. 
B)  Jung's description of identity crisis. 
C)  Adler's description of individual psychology. 
D)  Horney's description of basic anxiety.

Question 18

The basic strength associated with the final stage of development is

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A)  hope. 
B)  faith. 
C)  purpose. 
D)  wisdom.

Question 19

Erikson believed that all institutions - whether business,government,social service,or academic-related - provide opportunities for us to express ego integrity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Erikson's theory allows for optimism and the possibility for a positive outcome in each stage of personality development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Erik Erikson: Identity Theory

Research on psychosocial stages demonstrated

Generativity in middle age correlates positively with

College may delay the resolution of the ____.

Ego integrity involves

Erikson identified the stage of identity cohesion versus role confusion as

A person forms some form of productive work,establishes intimate relationships,and has an opportunity to become independent from his parents in the

Research on the identity crisis has shown that

Each of Erikson's developmental stages provides a person an opportunity to develop his

Which is a positive outcome in the intimacy versus isolation stage?

Older people should seek

A person who fails to achieve a cohesive identity will experience a confusion of their roles and thus will have an identity crisis.

Failure to adapt at one developmental stage

In his study of play constructions,Erikson believed he saw

Erikson believed personality develops

Erikson's primary assessment technique was

During the stage when trust or mistrust are the ways of coping,the most important body part is the

Erikson's depiction of emotional difficulties in middle age is similar to

The basic strength associated with the final stage of development is

Erikson believed that all institutions - whether business,government,social service,or academic-related - provide opportunities for us to express ego integrity.

Erikson's theory allows for optimism and the possibility for a positive outcome in each stage of personality development.