Deck 7: Current Scientific Approaches to Self-Development and Identity Formation

Question 1

What approach emphasizes the obligations each generation has to those that preceded it as well as to those that will follow it?

A) life-cycle
B) life-course
C) psychosocial
D) epigenetic

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which identity strategy is associated with a stronger ego identity?

A) drifter
B) refuser
C) resolver
D) searcher

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The term "baseline self-esteem" refers to

A) a sense of self-esteem that is situation-dependent
B) people's stable, global view of themselves
C) self-esteem associated with "on-time" development
D) low levels of ego identity

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The concept of individualization in sociology corresponds to the concept of ____________ in psychology.

A) commitment
B) identity strategy
C) identity exploration
D) ego identity

Question 5

Which of the following is a protective factor against suicide among Native Canadian youth? Living in a community that

A) has secured Aboriginal titles to traditional lands and achieved a measure of self government
B) controls its own educational and health services and runs its own police and fire protection services
C) has set up facilities to preserve and enrich its indigenous culture
D) all of the above

Question 6

In the Eriksonian model, which form of continuity corresponds to ego identity?

A) other-other
B) self-other
C) ego-self
D) ego-other

Question 7

According to Erikson, which of the following is the best buffer against the vicissitudes and alienation associated with modern, technological societies?

A) a strong superego
B) a strong ego identity
C) a strong moral identity
D) a pastiche personality

Question 8

In an emergency situation, a person who is "alert and oriented times 3"

A) knows what happened in recent events
B) is self-aware, but doesn't know what just happened
C) knows where s/he are is, but not what time it is
D) knows who s/he is, but not what happened, what time it is, or where s/he is

Question 9

For Erikson, which of the following characterizes the identity crisis?

A) a subjective sense of identity confusion
B) a behavioral disarray
C) a characterological disarray
D) all of the above

Question 10

The willingness to commit to courses of action, but not on the basis of exploration and experimentation, characterizes the ____________ approach young people can take to identity formation.

A) reactive
B) inactive
C) proactive
D) active