Question 1

Identify the assessment technique Erikson used in his analysis of emotionally disturbed children.

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychological testing 
B)  Free association 
C)  Dream analysis 
D)  Play therapy

Question 2

Erikson divided the growth of the personality into:

Accepted Answer

A)  nine stages up to adolescence. 
B)  four psychosexual levels. 
C)  eight psychosocial stages of development. 
D)  six categories of biological changes.

Question 3

Erikson suggests that the failure of a person to adapt at one developmental stage:

Accepted Answer

A)  dooms the person to failure at later stages. 
B)  can displace the person's true developing self. 
C)  can be corrected successfully at a later stage. 
D)  prevents the development of the superego.

Question 4

Research on Erikson's theory suggests that college may delay the resolution of the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  generativity crisis 
B)  womb envy 
C)  identity crisis 
D)  penis envy

Question 5

Erickson believed that our personality development is affected by both biological and social factors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In Erikson's view,at each stage of psychosocial development,_____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the maladaptive way of coping must be suppressed 
B)  the ego must incorporate both maladaptive and adaptive ways of coping 
C)  we must eliminate our sexual and physical needs 
D)  the mother is most important in resolving the crisis for the child

Question 7

According to Erikson,in the latency stage of psychosocial development,a child's growing powers of deductive reasoning and the ability to play by rules lead to the deliberate refinement of the skills displayed in building things.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Generativity in middle age correlates positively with:

Accepted Answer

A)  income. 
B)  hope. 
C)  wisdom. 
D)  power.

Question 10

Erikson's childhood and youth were characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  a number of identity crises. 
B)  a conflicted relationship with his negligent mother. 
C)  a strong bond with his biological father. 
D)  a strong Oedipal complex.

Question 11

The basic strength that emerges from the intimacy of the young adult years is love.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In Erikson's view,malignancies develop when:

Accepted Answer

A)  only a negative tendency is present. 
B)  only an adaptive tendency is present. 
C)  neuroses predominate. 
D)  adulthood is reached.

Question 13

Erikson included all of the following in his theory of personality except:

Accepted Answer

A)  the eight stages of life. 
B)  social and environmental forces. 
C)  basic strengths. 
D)  unconscious forces.

Question 14

Each of the following is a psychological type,or status,in the adolescent stage of development except:

Accepted Answer

A)  identity achievement. 
B)  identity competence. 
C)  foreclosure. 
D)  moratorium.

Question 15

In the context of the adolescent stage of development,mention the key elements for this developmental stage that illustrate the turbulence and stress of this period.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the context of the adolescent stage...

Question 16

_____,developed in the seventh stage of life,may be the most important factor contributing to ego integrity in the eighth and final stage of psychosocial development.

Accepted Answer

A)  Generativity 
B)  Intimacy 
C)  Industriousness 
D)  Trust

Question 17

Erikson's theory has been criticized because it is:

Accepted Answer

A)  irrelevant to the lives of average persons. 
B)  more applicable to women than to men. 
C)  incomplete in its description of the last stage of maturity. 
D)  of more value in the laboratory than in the clinic.

Question 18

Erikson studied each of the following groups except:

Accepted Answer

A)  delinquents. 
B)  schizophrenic adults. 
C)  Native American tribes. 
D)  normal children.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Freud's description of ego development. 
B)  Jung's description of the midlife crisis. 
C)  Adler's description of individual psychology. 
D)  Horney's description of middle-age anxiety.

Question 20

Erikson's use of psychohistorical analysis included such significant personalities and figures as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hitler and Hannibal. 
B)  Moses and Noah. 
C)  Castro and Stalin. 
D)  Gandhi and Martin Luther.

Exam 6: Erik Erikson: Identity Theory

Identify the assessment technique Erikson used in his analysis of emotionally disturbed children.

Erikson divided the growth of the personality into:

Erikson suggests that the failure of a person to adapt at one developmental stage:

Research on Erikson's theory suggests that college may delay the resolution of the _____.

Erickson believed that our personality development is affected by both biological and social factors.

In Erikson's view,at each stage of psychosocial development,_____.

According to Erikson,in the latency stage of psychosocial development,a child's growing powers of deductive reasoning and the ability to play by rules lead to the deliberate refinement of the skills displayed in building things.

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

Generativity in middle age correlates positively with:

Erikson's childhood and youth were characterized by:

The basic strength that emerges from the intimacy of the young adult years is love.

In Erikson's view,malignancies develop when:

Erikson included all of the following in his theory of personality except:

Each of the following is a psychological type,or status,in the adolescent stage of development except:

In the context of the adolescent stage of development,mention the key elements for this developmental stage that illustrate the turbulence and stress of this period.

_____,developed in the seventh stage of life,may be the most important factor contributing to ego integrity in the eighth and final stage of psychosocial development.

Erikson's theory has been criticized because it is:

Erikson studied each of the following groups except:

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

Erikson's use of psychohistorical analysis included such significant personalities and figures as: