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Psychodynamic Theories
Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory
True or False
1
Erikson began his professional career as an artist.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
2
According to Erikson, people experience little personal growth after adolescence.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
3
An identity crisis is typically precipitated by a catastrophe.
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TRUE
B)
FALSE
4
Erikson saw the ego as being capable of adapting to changes throughout the life cycle.
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TRUE
B)
FALSE
5
Erikson believed that anatomy rather than culture has a strong influence on how the ego will develop.
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TRUE
B)
FALSE
6
Healthy psychological development depends on a conflict between harmonious and disruptive elements, according to Erikson.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
7
Each of Erikson's stages has a psychosexual mode, a psychosocial crisis, a basic strength, and a core pathology.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
8
Erikson's concept of the Oedipus complex is nearly identical to that of Freud.
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TRUE
B)
FALSE
9
A person's first serious identity crisis is likely to occur during adolescence.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
10
To Erikson, adolescence is a time of psychosocial latency.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
11
According to Erikson, puberty is less important to adolescents than is their search for identity.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
12
An identity crisis may either increase or decrease ego strength.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
13
According to Erikson, love involves both intimacy and isolation.
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TRUE
B)
FALSE
14
A drive common in all societies is the need to instruct others in the ways of culture.
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TRUE
B)
FALSE
15
Erikson believed that authors of psychohistory must remain objective about their subjects.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
16
Despite his belief in core pathologies at each stage of development, Erikson's viewpoint was basically optimistic.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
17
Erikson believed that gender differences in play construction were at least partially due to anatomical differences.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
18
Erikson's theory is more biological than social.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
19
Research has shown that generativity in adults is positively related to a coherent sense of identity.
A)
TRUE
B)
FALSE
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