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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?
A) trust and autonomy
B) integrity and autonomy
C) intimacy and trust
D) intimacy and generativity
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2, p.85
Question Type: Factual
2) Before he was a psychoanalyst, Erikson was a(n)
A) philosopher.
B) engineer.
C) physician.
D) artist.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 3, p. 87
Question Type: Factual
3) Erikson is best known for extending Freud’s concept of the
A) id.
B) ego.
C) superego.
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.
A) work-oriented
B) anal
C) oral
D) social
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1, p. 89
Question Type: Conceptual
5) Erikson’s basic principle for understanding development was the __________ principle.
A) compensatory
B) epigenetic
C) self-actualization
D) conflict
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2, p. 88 – 89
Question Type: Factual
6) Which statement best corresponds to Erikson’s epigenetic principle?
A) Neurosis occurs when basic needs are not met.
B) Fathers, as well as mothers, are important in development.
C) Development occurs according to a ground plan, with each part having its time of special ascendancy.
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
A) Provides benefits for psychological problems
B) Adults psychoanalyzed in childhood have greater resiliency
C) Psychoanalysis is less expensive than behavioral treatments
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
A) the motion of objects as described in physics.
B) the biological development of a fetus.
C) the spiritual development of a soul.
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,
A) people get what they deserve out of life.
B) development proceeds according to a biologically-based plan, with sequential development of parts.
C) some people are more gifted, genetically, than others.
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
A) primarily before the age of five.
B) primarily in adolescence.
C) throughout the life span, in five stages.
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 __________.
A) specific biological motivation
B) crisis
C) new significant other with whom to form a relationship
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
A) autonomy.
B) the body.
C) trust.
D) attachment to the mother.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2, p. 91
Question Type: Factual
13) According to Erikson, the crisis of infancy is
A) life or death.
B) autonomy or shame.
C) trust or mistrust.
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
A) trust.
B) identity.
C) initiative.
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.
A) mistrust
B) guilt
C) shame
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.
A) intrusive
B) incompetent
C) incorporative
D) selfish
Answer: A
Difficulty: 3, p. 91
Question Type: Factual
17) During the elementary school years, children develop a sense of
A) self-confidence.
B) gender identity.
C) industry.
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.
A) second
B) third
C) fourth
D) fifth
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2, p. 92
Question Type: Factual
19) The identity crisis occurs in
A) childhood.
B) adolescence.
C) adulthood.
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.
A) “Who am I?”
B) “What is the meaning of life?”
C) “When may I leave home?”
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
A) identity confusion.
B) inferiority.
C) shame.
D) despair.
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1, p. 92
Question Type: Conceptual
22) A juvenile delinquent is typical of a person who has a __________ identity.
A) confused
B) diffused
C) negative
D) positive
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2, p. 92
Question Type: Factual
23) Erikson described “fidelity” as a strength associated with which ego development stage?
A) initiative
B) identity
C) intimacy
D) trust
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3, p. 92
Question Type: Factual
24) The crisis of __________ versus isolation occurs in early adulthood.
A) generativity
B) togetherness
C) intimacy
D) assertiveness
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1, p. 92
Question Type: Factual
25) In the seventh psychosocial stage, the ego strength of __________ is developed.
A) trust
B) integrity
C) identity
D) generativity
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2, p. 93
Question Type: Factual
26) Generativity can be expressed through the role of
A) Parent
B) Teacher
C) Mentor
D) All the above
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2, p. 93
Question Type: Conceptual
27) In old age, people typically
A) are considering whether life was meaningful.
B) are at the stage of developing generativity.
C) have completed all psychological development, so no tasks remain in old age.
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
A) stage regression.
B) gerotranscendence.
C) integrity complex.
D) the final transition.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2, p. 93
Question Type: Factual
29) According to Erikson, culture
A) does not influence the psychosocial stages.
B) influences personality development.
C) generally threatens ego strengths once they have developed.
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
A) initiative.
B) will.
C) hope.
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
A) Religion
B) Education
C) Law
D) Competition
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2, p. 94
Question Type: Factual
32) Erikson consider this a possible substitute for religion as a cultural support
A) Productive work
B) Artistic creation
C) Fellowship
D) None of the above
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
A) law.
B) technology.
C) marriage.
D) religion.
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2, p. 94
Question Type: Conceptual
34) Culture’s “ideal prototypes” support the ego strength of
A) autonomy.
B) identity.
C) fidelity.
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?
A) reward their efforts
B) provide cultural models or prototypes
C) pay them well
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?
A) Religion
B) Law
C) Education
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.
A) Religion
B) Law
C) Competitive athletes
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?
A) second
B) fourth
C) sixth
D) seventh
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3, pp. 94 – 95
Question Type: Factual
39) Technological elements in culture support a person’s sense of
A) identity.
B) initiative.
C) autonomy.
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.
A) fourth
B) fifth
C) sixth
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
A) identity.
B) autonomy.
C) hope.
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?
A) Marriage
B) Homosexual relationships
C) Nonsexual relationships
D) All the above
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2, p. 95
Question Type: Conceptual
43) The capacity to love develops in Erikson’s __________ stage.
A) first
B) third
C) sixth
D) seventh
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2, p. 95
Question Type: Factual
44) The seventh psychosocial stage is expressed in the role of
A) parent.
B) teacher.
C) mentor.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Difficulty: 3, p. 95
Question Type: Factual
45) In old age, people develop the ego strength of
A) fidelity.
B) love.
C) wisdom.
D) industry.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2, p. 96
Question Type: Factual
46) Erikson’s theory describes the attainment of __________ in old age.
A) financial security
B) love
C) generativity
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?
A) Religion
B) Humor
C) Law
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
A) loving them.
B) modeling.
C) cultural supports.
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
A) cultural factors.
B) genetic differences.
C) intellectual differences.
D) research bias.
Answer: A
Difficulty: 3, p. 96
Question Type: Conceptual
50) Jose thinks of himself as Chicano. This is an example of
A) an ethnic identity.
B) a cultural neurosis.
C) individualism.
D) pseudospeciation.
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2, pp. 96 – 97
Question Type: Conceptual
51) Individuals may adjust to a new culture by doing the following
A) Assimilate themselves into the mainstream culture
B) Emphasize their ethnicity
C) Become bicultural
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.
A) autonomy
B) industry
C) identity
D) intimacy
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2, pp. 97 – 98
Question Type: Factual
53) Which term refers to the mature resolution of the identity crisis?
A) identity diffusion
B) identity foreclosure
C) identity achievement
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.
A) Identity Achiever
B) Moratorium
C) Identity Diffusion
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.
A) Identity Achiever
B) Identity Diffusion
C) Foreclosure
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
A) become unreliable.
B) decrease.
C) increase.
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
A) trust.
B) autonomy.
C) generativity.
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
A) are higher on generativity than people that have children.
B) have a strong attachment to pets, which may be a way of practicing their generativity potential.
C) often become authoritarian-style parents if they have children at a young age.
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
A) trust.
B) initiative.
C) generativity.
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.
A) work-oriented
B) anal
C) oral
D) social
2) Erikson’s basic principle for understanding development was the __________ principle.
A) compensatory
B) epigenetic
C) self-actualization
D) conflict
3) According to Erikson, personality develops
A) primarily before the age of five.
B) primarily in adolescence.
C) throughout the life span, in five stages.
D) throughout the life span, in eight stages.
4) According to Erikson, the crisis of infancy is
A) life or death.
B) autonomy or shame.
C) trust or mistrust.
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.
A) second
B) third
C) fourth
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.
A) “Who am I?”
B) “What is the meaning of life?”
C) “When may I leave home?”
D) “Is this the right thing to do?”
7) In old age, people typically
A) are considering whether life was meaningful.
B) are at the stage of developing generativity.
C) have completed all psychological development, so no tasks remain in old age.
D) are more neurotic than they were in youth.
8) Which term refers to the mature resolution of the identity crisis?
A) identity diffusion
B) identity foreclosure
C) identity achievement
D) identity confusion
9) Teenagers who are rebellious, nonconforming, and philosophically concerned are typical of those in
the category of __________ on Marcia’s measure.
A) Identity Achiever
B) Moratorium
C) Identity Diffusion
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.
A) Identity Achiever
B) Identity Diffusion
C) Foreclosure
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
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