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During the last year of her life, Erik Erikson's mother revealed the name of her son's biological father. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Erikson began his professional career as an artist. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to Erikson, people experience little personal growth after adolescence. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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An identity crisis can emerge only after a person experiences a catastrophe. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Erikson saw the ego as being capable of adapting to changes throughout the life cycle. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Erikson believed that anatomy rather than culture has a strong influence on how the ego will develop. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Healthy psychological development depends on a conflict between harmonious and disruptive elements, according to Erikson. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Each of Erikson's stages has a psychosexual mode, a psychosocial crisis, a basic strength, and a core pathology. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Erikson's concept of the Oedipus complex is nearly identical to that of Freud. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A person's first serious identity crisis is likely to occur during adolescence. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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To Erikson, adolescence is a time of psychosocial latency. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to Erikson, puberty is less important to adolescents than is their search for identity. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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An identity crisis may either increase or decrease ego strength. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to Erikson, love involves both intimacy and isolation. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A drive common in all societies is the need to instruct others in the ways of culture. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Erikson believed that authors of psychohistory must remain objective about their subjects. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Despite his belief in core pathologies at each stage of development, Erikson's viewpoint was basically optimistic. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Erikson's theory is more biological than social. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Research suggests that at midlife men are more likely than women to perform housework. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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