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Theories of Personality, 6e (Cloninger)

Chapter 5

 

Multiple Choice

1) In his analysis of Mahatma Gandhi, Erik Erikson suggested that Gandhi had not successfully resolved

two of the major life conflicts. Which two conflicts were they?

1. A) trust and autonomy
2. B) integrity and autonomy
3. C) intimacy and trust
4. D) intimacy and generativity

Answer: D

Difficulty: 2, p.85

Question Type: Factual

 

2) Before he was a psychoanalyst, Erikson was a(n)

1. A) philosopher.
2. B) engineer.
3. C) physician.
4. D) artist.

Answer: D

Difficulty: 3, p. 87

Question Type: Factual

 

3) Erikson is best known for extending Freud’s concept of the

1. A) id.
2. B) ego.
3. C) superego.
4. D) Oedipus complex.

Answer: B

Difficulty: 3, p. 88

Question Type: Factual

 

4) In contrast to Freud’s emphasis on sexuality, Erikson emphasized the __________ aspects of

personality.

1. A) work-oriented
2. B) anal
3. C) oral
4. D) social

Answer: D

Difficulty: 1, p. 89

Question Type: Conceptual

 

5) Erikson’s basic principle for understanding development was the __________ principle.

1. A) compensatory
2. B) epigenetic
3. C) self-actualization
4. D) conflict

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, p. 88 – 89

Question Type: Factual

 

6) Which statement best corresponds to Erikson’s epigenetic principle?

1. A) Neurosis occurs when basic needs are not met.
2. B) Fathers, as well as mothers, are important in development.
3. C) Development occurs according to a ground plan, with each part having its time of special ascendancy.
4. D) Sex differences are largely a result of heredity.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 88

Question Type: Factual

 

7) Research shows the following about psychoanalysis for children except

1. A) Provides benefits for psychological problems
2. B) Adults psychoanalyzed in childhood have greater resiliency
3. C) Psychoanalysis is less expensive than behavioral treatments
4. D) Provides benefits for medical problems such as diabetes

Answer: C

Difficulty: 3, p. 88

Question Type: Conceptual

 

8) In his epigenetic principle, Erikson compared development with

1. A) the motion of objects as described in physics.
2. B) the biological development of a fetus.
3. C) the spiritual development of a soul.
4. D) an actor or actress learning a script.

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, pp. 88 – 89

Question Type: Factual

 

9) According to Erikson’s epigenetic principle,

1. A) people get what they deserve out of life.
2. B) development proceeds according to a biologically-based plan, with sequential development of parts.
3. C) some people are more gifted, genetically, than others.
4. D) males and females are different because of their biology.

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, pp. 88 – 89

Question Type: Factual

 

10) According to Erikson, personality develops

1. A) primarily before the age of five.
2. B) primarily in adolescence.
3. C) throughout the life span, in five stages.
4. D) throughout the life span, in eight stages.

Answer: D

Difficulty: 1, p. 89

Question Type: Factual

 

 

 

11) At each stage of development, according to Erikson, there is a __________.

1. A) specific biological motivation
2. B) crisis
3. C) new significant other with whom to form a relationship
4. D) risk of suicide

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, p. 89

Question Type: Factual

 

12) The task of infancy, in Erikson’s terminology, is to develop a sense of

1. A) autonomy.
2. B) the body.
3. C) trust.
4. D) attachment to the mother.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 91

Question Type: Factual

 

13) According to Erikson, the crisis of infancy is

1. A) life or death.
2. B) autonomy or shame.
3. C) trust or mistrust.
4. D) eat or throw up.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 1, p. 91

Question Type: Factual

 

14) The two-year-old toddler is developing a sense of

1. A) trust.
2. B) identity.
3. C) initiative.
4. D) autonomy.

Answer: D

Difficulty: 2, p. 91

Question Type: Conceptual

 

15) According to Erikson’s theory, the sense of __________ is particularly likely to interfere with an

individual’s initiative.

1. A) mistrust
2. B) guilt
3. C) shame
4. D) despair

Answer: B

Difficulty: 3, p. 91

Question Type: Factual

 

 

 

16) In Erikson’s third psychosocial stage, the child acts in a(n) __________ mode.

1. A) intrusive
2. B) incompetent
3. C) incorporative
4. D) selfish

Answer: A

Difficulty: 3, p. 91

Question Type: Factual

 

17) During the elementary school years, children develop a sense of

1. A) self-confidence.
2. B) gender identity.
3. C) industry.
4. D) identity.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

Question Type: Factual

 

18) According to Erikson’s theory, a sense of inferiority is particularly likely to develop during the

__________ stage of development.

1. A) second
2. B) third
3. C) fourth
4. D) fifth

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

Question Type: Factual

 

19) The identity crisis occurs in

1. A) childhood.
2. B) adolescence.
3. C) adulthood.
4. D) old age.

Answer: B

Difficulty: 1, p. 92

Question Type: Factual

 

20) The identity crisis can be thought of as finding an answer to the question __________ that is mutually

agreeable to the individual and to other people.

1. A) “Who am I?”
2. B) “What is the meaning of life?”
3. C) “When may I leave home?”
4. D) “Is this the right thing to do?”

Answer: A

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

Question Type: Conceptual

 

 

 

21) According to Erikson’s theory, adolescents are especially vulnerable to developing a sense of

1. A) identity confusion.
2. B) inferiority.
3. C) shame.
4. D) despair.

Answer: A

Difficulty: 1, p. 92

Question Type: Conceptual

 

22) A juvenile delinquent is typical of a person who has a __________ identity.

1. A) confused
2. B) diffused
3. C) negative
4. D) positive

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

Question Type: Factual

 

23) Erikson described “fidelity” as a strength associated with which ego development stage?

1. A) initiative
2. B) identity
3. C) intimacy
4. D) trust

Answer: B

Difficulty: 3, p. 92

Question Type: Factual

 

24) The crisis of __________ versus isolation occurs in early adulthood.

1. A) generativity
2. B) togetherness
3. C) intimacy
4. D) assertiveness

Answer: C

Difficulty: 1, p. 92

Question Type: Factual

 

25) In the seventh psychosocial stage, the ego strength of __________ is developed.

1. A) trust
2. B) integrity
3. C) identity
4. D) generativity

Answer: D

Difficulty: 2, p. 93

Question Type: Factual

 

 

 

26) Generativity can be expressed through the role of

1. A) Parent
2. B) Teacher
3. C) Mentor
4. D) All the above

Answer: D

Difficulty: 2, p. 93

Question Type: Conceptual

 

27) In old age, people typically

1. A) are considering whether life was meaningful.
2. B) are at the stage of developing generativity.
3. C) have completed all psychological development, so no tasks remain in old age.
4. D) are more neurotic than they were in youth.

Answer: A

Difficulty: 2, p. 93

Question Type: Conceptual

 

28) Erikson’s wife Joan, described a ninth stage of development that she and her husband had discussed.

In the ninth stage a very old person confronts the negative aspects of earlier stages they may be experiencing again in their old age. This stage is called

1. A) stage regression.
2. B) gerotranscendence.
3. C) integrity complex.
4. D) the final transition.

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, p. 93

Question Type: Factual

 

29) According to Erikson, culture

1. A) does not influence the psychosocial stages.
2. B) influences personality development.
3. C) generally threatens ego strengths once they have developed.
4. D) leads to different sequences of stages in different cultures.

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, pp. 93 – 94

Question Type: Conceptual

 

30) Religion, according to Erikson, is most relevant to

1. A) initiative.
2. B) will.
3. C) hope.
4. D) fidelity.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 94

Question Type: Factual

 

 

 

31) Erikson believed this cultural support makes the wisdom of past generations available to help with healing and growth

1. A) Religion
2. B) Education
3. C) Law
4. D) Competition

Answer: A

Difficulty: 2, p. 94

Question Type: Factual

 

32) Erikson consider this a possible substitute for religion as a cultural support

1. A) Productive work
2. B) Artistic creation
3. C) Fellowship
4. D) None of the above
5. E) All the above

Answer: E

Difficulty: 3, p. 94

Question Type: Factual

 

33) Unresolved issues from the second psychosocial stage are most relevant to the cultural institution of

1. A) law.
2. B) technology.
3. C) marriage.
4. D) religion.

Answer: A

Difficulty: 2, p. 94

Question Type: Conceptual

 

34) Culture’s “ideal prototypes” support the ego strength of

1. A) autonomy.
2. B) identity.
3. C) fidelity.
4. D) initiative.

Answer: D

Difficulty: 3, p. 94

Question Type: Factual

 

35) What can a society do to support people’s sense of initiative, according to Erikson’s theory?

1. A) reward their efforts
2. B) provide cultural models or prototypes
3. C) pay them well
4. D) Nothing; based on childhood experience, you either have initiative or you don’t.

Answer: B

Difficulty: 3, p. 94

Question Type: Conceptual

 

 

 

36) What cultural support legitimizes and provides boundaries for the development of autonomy?

1. A) Religion
2. B) Law
3. C) Education
4. D) Technology

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, p. 94

Question Type: Factual

 

37) Erikson discussed this prototype as a cultural support for the aggressive ideals of the developing individual.

1. A) Religion
2. B) Law
3. C) Competitive athletes
4. D) The military

Answer: D

Difficulty: 2, p. 94

Question Type: Factual

 

38) Erikson’s theory implies that problems with technology are relevant to which stage of development?

1. A) second
2. B) fourth
3. C) sixth
4. D) seventh

Answer: B

Difficulty: 3, pp. 94 – 95

Question Type: Factual

 

39) Technological elements in culture support a person’s sense of

1. A) identity.
2. B) initiative.
3. C) autonomy.
4. D) competence.

Answer: D

Difficulty: 2, pp. 94 – 95

Question Type: Factual

 

40) Ideological perspectives, such as those presented by political movements, are especially relevant to

the __________ psychosocial stage.

1. A) fourth
2. B) fifth
3. C) sixth
4. D) seventh

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, p. 95

Question Type: Factual

 

 

 

41) Based on Erikson’s theory, we may interpret political activists as working on the ego strength of

1. A) identity.
2. B) autonomy.
3. C) hope.
4. D) integrity.

Answer: A

Difficulty: 3, p. 95

Question Type: Conceptual

 

42) Which of the following is/are a way culture can provide the support of cooperation and competition?

1. A) Marriage
2. B) Homosexual relationships
3. C) Nonsexual relationships
4. D) All the above

Answer: D

Difficulty: 2, p. 95

Question Type: Conceptual

 

43) The capacity to love develops in Erikson’s __________ stage.

1. A) first
2. B) third
3. C) sixth
4. D) seventh

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 95

Question Type: Factual

 

44) The seventh psychosocial stage is expressed in the role of

1. A) parent.
2. B) teacher.
3. C) mentor.
4. D) all of the above

Answer: D

Difficulty: 3, p. 95

Question Type: Factual

 

45) In old age, people develop the ego strength of

1. A) fidelity.
2. B) love.
3. C) wisdom.
4. D) industry.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 96

Question Type: Factual

 

 

 

46) Erikson’s theory describes the attainment of __________ in old age.

1. A) financial security
2. B) love
3. C) generativity
4. D) wisdom

Answer: D

Difficulty: 2, p. 96

Question Type: Factual

 

47) Which of the following is not a social institution that supports ego strengths?

1. A) Religion
2. B) Humor
3. C) Law
4. D) Technological elements

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, pp. 94 – 96

Question Type: Factual

 

48) Based on Erikson’s theory, we could help people to maintain their ego strengths through

1. A) loving them.
2. B) modeling.
3. C) cultural supports.
4. D) money.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 3, p. 96

Question Type: Conceptual

 

49) Some studies reported in the text have found that minority members score lower on identity than

whites, a finding which is interpreted as a consequence of

1. A) cultural factors.
2. B) genetic differences.
3. C) intellectual differences.
4. D) research bias.

Answer: A

Difficulty: 3, p. 96

Question Type: Conceptual

 

50) Jose thinks of himself as Chicano. This is an example of

1. A) an ethnic identity.
2. B) a cultural neurosis.
3. C) individualism.
4. D) pseudospeciation.

Answer: A

Difficulty: 2, pp. 96 – 97

Question Type: Conceptual

 

 

 

51) Individuals may adjust to a new culture by doing the following

1. A) Assimilate themselves into the mainstream culture
2. B) Emphasize their ethnicity
3. C) Become bicultural
4. D) All the above

Answer: D

Difficulty: 3, p. 97

Question Type: Conceptual

 

52) The stage which has been most frequently studied by researchers is the __________ stage.

1. A) autonomy
2. B) industry
3. C) identity
4. D) intimacy

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, pp. 97 – 98

Question Type: Factual

 

53) Which term refers to the mature resolution of the identity crisis?

1. A) identity diffusion
2. B) identity foreclosure
3. C) identity achievement
4. D) identity confusion

Answer: C

Difficulty: 1, p. 97

Question Type: Factual

 

54) Teenagers who are rebellious, nonconforming, and philosophically concerned are typical of those in

the category of __________ on Marcia’s measure.

1. A) Identity Achiever
2. B) Moratorium
3. C) Identity Diffusion
4. D) Foreclosure

Answer: B

Difficulty: 3, p. 97

Question Type: Factual

 

55) A person who thinks conventionally, is moralistic, and has always known what he or she has wanted to become for a career fits the __________ category of Marcia’s identity scale.

1. A) Identity Achiever
2. B) Identity Diffusion
3. C) Foreclosure
4. D) Moratorium

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 97

Question Type: Factual

 

 

 

56) As they get older, people’s scores on the Inventory of Psychosocial Balance generally

1. A) become unreliable.
2. B) decrease.
3. C) increase.
4. D) remain stable.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 3, pp. 98 – 99

Question Type: Factual

 

57) Research finds that people are more likely to be concerned with helping other people, through work or

political activity or social activism, if they are high in

1. A) trust.
2. B) autonomy.
3. C) generativity.
4. D) integrity.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 99

Question Type: Conceptual

 

58) Research on generativity has found that young adults whom are not yet parents

1. A) are higher on generativity than people that have children.
2. B) have a strong attachment to pets, which may be a way of practicing their generativity potential.
3. C) often become authoritarian-style parents if they have children at a young age.
4. D) have low levels of ego integrity.

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, p. 99

Question Type: Factual

 

59) As Erikson predicted, research finds less fear of death among people who score high on a measure of

1. A) trust.
2. B) initiative.
3. C) generativity.
4. D) ego integrity.

Answer: D

Difficulty: 3, p. 99

Question Type: Factual

 

 

True/False

60) Children do not benefit from psychoanalysis.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 88

Question Type: Factual

 

61) In contrast to Freud’s psychosexual theory, Erikson offered a psychosocial theory.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 1, p. 89

Question Type: Factual

 

62) In Erikson’s theory, each stage of development has a characteristic crisis.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 89

Question Type: Factual

 

63) Ideally, the infant should develop with no mistrust whatsoever.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 89

Question Type: Conceptual

 

64) The two-year-old child is vulnerable to developing a sense of shame.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 91

Question Type: Factual

 

65) Erikson supported the idea of identity exploration before settling on an identity in adolescence.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 1, p. 92

Question Type: Factual

 

66) To commit to an identity to early in adolescence risked poor choice according to Erikson

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

Question Type: Conceptual

 

67) A teenager who is exploring various identities is in a period of moratorium.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

Question Type: Conceptual

 

68) The virtue of fidelity develops during the fifth psychosocial stage.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 3, p. 92

Question Type: Factual

 

 

69) Erikson suggested that psychological intimacy requires that individual identity first be established.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

Question Type: Conceptual

 

70) A person who is afraid of their identity being destroyed in a close relationship will have difficulty

with the stage of intimacy versus isolation.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

Question Type: Conceptual

 

71) Marriage guarantees that the intimacy versus isolation crisis will be resolved successfully.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

Question Type: Conceptual

 

72) Being a parent is especially relevant to the psychosocial task of identity versus identity confusion.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

Question Type: Conceptual

 

73) Erikson uses to term “stagnation” to refer to those who can’t adequately take care of others, including

their own children.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 93

Question Type: Factual

 

74) In the integrity vs. isolation stage, the person focuses entirely on the past.

Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1, p. 93

Question Type: Factual

 

75) The elderly are dealing with the task of integrity versus despair.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 93

Question Type: Factual

 

76) In old age, if life seems meaningless, the person is experiencing “stagnation.”

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 93

Question Type: Factual

 

77) In modern life, despair is inevitable among the elderly, according to Erikson.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p.93

Question Type: Conceptual

 

78) Erikson’s theory ignores cultural factors.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, pp. 93 – 94

Question Type: Conceptual

79) According to Erikson, religion misleads people by giving them false hope.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 94

Question Type: Conceptual

 

80) Like Freud, Erikson dismissed religion as neurosis.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 94

Question Type: Factual

 

81) Erikson noted that society’s gender roles support the ego strength of initiative.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 3, p. 94

Question Type: Factual

 

82) Technological elements in culture provide a way to support a sense of competence.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, pp. 94 – 95

Question Type: Factual

 

83) An overemphasis of work as a basis of identity can be harmful to development according to Erikson

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, pp. 94 – 95

Question Type: Conceptual

 

84) The development of identity can be resolved wholly on an individual level and does not involve any influence by society.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 1, p. 95

Question Type: Conceptual

 

85) In adolescence, a person develops a sense of fidelity to an ideology.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 95

Question Type: Factual

 

86) Society influences adolescents but, according to Erikson, they do not influence society.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 3, p. 95

Question Type: Conceptual

 

87) Research shows that individualistic cultures show greater levels of generativity than do collectivist cultures.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 95

Question Type: Factual

 

 

 

88) Erikson suggested that people can express generativity in their careers as well as in their roles as

parents.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 95

Question Type: Factual

 

89) Erikson said that the desire to have children is solely a result of cultural conditioning.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 3, p. 95

Question Type: Factual

 

90) Erikson’s theory has been criticized as reflecting the values of his culture.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 3, p. 96

Question Type: Factual

 

91) Cultural rituals threaten ego strengths.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 96

Question Type: Conceptual

 

92) The interrelationship between individual personality and the social world is probably most clearly seen through the study of ethnic and racial identity.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 96

Question Type: Conceptual

 

93) Different racial and ethnic groups face different cultural influences on identity formation.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 1, pp. 96 – 97

Question Type: Factual

 

94) Belonging to more than one cultural or ethnic group has many psychological disadvantages and no

psychological benefits.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 97

Question Type: Conceptual

 

95) Cross-cultural research confirms that having a foreclosed identity status is always negative.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 98

Question Type: Factual

 

96) There has been little empirical research on Erikson’s concept of identity.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 1, p. 97

Question Type: Factual

 

 

 

97) “Identity confusion” and “identity diffusion” both refer to inadequate resolution of the identity crisis.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 3, p. 97

Question Type: Factual

 

98) Erikson said that a moratorium period comes after identity achievement.

Answer: FALSE

Difficulty: 2, p. 97

Question Type: Factual

 

99) Sexual orientation exploration can possibly affect broader identity exploration.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 98

Question Type: Conceptual

 

100) Research generally finds that people score higher on measures of Erikson’s stages as they get older.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, pp. 98 – 99

Question Type: Factual

 

101) People who master the early psychosocial stages well are likely to develop more maturely in the

later stages than those who have had a more difficult time in early life.

Answer: TRUE

Difficulty: 2, p. 99

Question Type: Conceptual

 

Essay

102) Discuss Erikson’s analysis of Mahatma Gandhi. Talk about influential experiences in Gandhi’s

identity development and Gandhi’s experience moving through the psychosocial stages of

development.

Difficulty: 2, pp. 84 – 86

 

103) Compare and contrast Erikson’s psychosocial model of development with Freud’s psychosexual

model.

Difficulty: 2, pp. 87 – 91

 

104) Explain Erikson’s “epigenetic principle.”

Difficulty: 2, pp. 88 – 89

 

105) List Erikson’s eight psychosexual stages.  Describe the crisis of each stage.  What ego strength is developed at each stage?

Difficulty: 2, pp 89 – 93

 

106) Describe Erikson’s proposed ninth stage of psychosocial development. How does this stage impact

very old adults?

Difficulty: 2, p. 93

 

107) Describe a healthy resolution of the identity crisis.  Name and explain two types of unhealthy

resolution.

Difficulty: 1, p. 92

108) What is a psychosocial moratorium?  Explain by describing how college can provide a moratorium.

Under what circumstances does college not provide a moratorium for an individual?

Difficulty: 2, p. 92

 

109) Select one of Erikson’s first four stages of development.  What crisis occurs at that stage?  What ego

strength develops?  How does culture support that ego strength?

Difficulty: 2, pp. 91 – 92

 

110) What ideas does Erikson contribute to the understanding of racial conflicts?

Difficulty: 2, pp. 96 – 97

 

111) Describe the process of identity formation for members of a cultural minority.

Difficulty: 2, pp.  96 – 97

 

112) Describe how researchers measure identity status.  Discuss one or two research findings.

Difficulty: 2, pp. 97 – 98

 

113) List and discuss the four identity statuses of identity development.

Difficulty: 2, pp. 97 – 98

 

114) It has been shown by research that how individuals resolve Erikson’s stages does correlate to certain outcomes. Discuss the research findings around this.

Difficulty: 3, p. 99

 

Name:________________________________

 

Chapter 5 – Quick Quiz

 

1) In contrast to Freud’s emphasis on sexuality, Erikson emphasized the __________ aspects of

personality.

1. A) work-oriented
2. B) anal
3. C) oral
4. D) social

 

2) Erikson’s basic principle for understanding development was the __________ principle.

1. A) compensatory
2. B) epigenetic
3. C) self-actualization
4. D) conflict

 

3) According to Erikson, personality develops

1. A) primarily before the age of five.
2. B) primarily in adolescence.
3. C) throughout the life span, in five stages.
4. D) throughout the life span, in eight stages.

 

4) According to Erikson, the crisis of infancy is

1. A) life or death.
2. B) autonomy or shame.
3. C) trust or mistrust.
4. D) eat or throw up.

 

5) According to Erikson’s theory, a sense of inferiority is particularly likely to develop during the

__________ stage of development.

1. A) second
2. B) third
3. C) fourth
4. D) fifth

 

6) The identity crisis can be thought of as finding an answer to the question __________ that is mutually

agreeable to the individual and to other people.

1. A) “Who am I?”
2. B) “What is the meaning of life?”
3. C) “When may I leave home?”
4. D) “Is this the right thing to do?”

 

7) In old age, people typically

1. A) are considering whether life was meaningful.
2. B) are at the stage of developing generativity.
3. C) have completed all psychological development, so no tasks remain in old age.
4. D) are more neurotic than they were in youth.

 

 

8) Which term refers to the mature resolution of the identity crisis?

1. A) identity diffusion
2. B) identity foreclosure
3. C) identity achievement
4. D) identity confusion

 

9) Teenagers who are rebellious, nonconforming, and philosophically concerned are typical of those in

the category of __________ on Marcia’s measure.

1. A) Identity Achiever
2. B) Moratorium
3. C) Identity Diffusion
4. D) Foreclosure

 

10) A person who thinks conventionally, is moralistic, and has always known what he or she has wanted

to become for a career fits the __________ category of Marcia’s identity scale.

1. A) Identity Achiever
2. B) Identity Diffusion
3. C) Foreclosure
4. D) Moratorium

 

Answer Key

Chapter 5 – Quick Quiz

 

1) Answer: D

Difficulty: 1, pp. 128-129

Question Type: Conceptual

 

2) Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, p. 128

Question Type: Factual

 

3) Answer: D

Difficulty: 1, p. 128

Question Type: Factual

 

4) Answer: C

Difficulty: 1, p. 130

Question Type: Factual

 

5) Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 132

Question Type: Factual

 

6) Answer: A

Difficulty: 2, p. 132

Question Type: Conceptual

 

7) Answer: A

Difficulty: 2, p. 133

Question Type: Conceptual

 

8) Answer: C

Difficulty: 1, p. 143

Question Type: Factual

 

9) Answer: B

Difficulty: 3, p. 143

Question Type: Factual

 

10) Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 143

Question Type: Factual