Chapter 6 (pp) – Flashcards
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Research on psychosocial stages demonstrated
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a relationship between happiness and successful development in the first six stages.
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Erikson's childhood and youth was characterized by
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a number of identity crises.
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The basic strength described by Erikson in the identity cohesion versus role confusion stage is
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fidelity.
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Adulthood is considered by Erikson to be a _________ stage than the previous stage of identity cohesion versus role confusion.
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longer
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To Erikson, the end of young adulthood may occur at the age of
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35.
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Erikson identified the stage of identity cohesion versus role confusion as
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a moratorium to give a person time and energy to play different roles and live with different images.
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Erikson noted identity confusion in his study of
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Erikson believed personality develops
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throughout the entire life span.
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Each of Erikson's developmental stages provides a person an opportunity to develop his
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basic strengths.
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Erikson believed that development is mainly affected by
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a combination of biological and social forces.
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Erikson once worked
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at a guidance center for emotionally disturbed delinquents.
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During the stage when trust or mistrust are the ways of coping, the most important body part is the
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mouth.
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In response to charges that his concepts are ambiguous and poorly defined, Erikson cited
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his artistic temperament and lack of formal training in science.
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College may delay the resolution of the ____.
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identity crisis
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Erikson's depiction of emotional difficulties in middle age is similar to
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Jung's description of identity crisis.
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One of Erikson's most important contributions to personality theory is his concept of
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personality development across the lifespan.
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A person may prefer to be alone because they fear ___________ as a threat to their ego identity during the intimacy versus isolation stage.
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intimacy
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Erikson divided personality growth into
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eight stages from birth to death.
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According to Erikson, a _________ identity is preferable to no identity in the identity cohesion versus the role confusion stage.
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. negative
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Erikson believes that basic strengths are
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potentially achievable by everyone.
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The conflicts in the developmental stages
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Which is a positive outcome in the intimacy versus isolation stage?
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A person establishes positive intimate relationships.
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Erik Erikson lived out one of his most famous concepts through
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several identity crises.
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Ego integrity involves
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accepting one's place and past.
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Research on the identity crisis has shown that
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attending college delays its resolution
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According to Erikson, older people must do more than reflect upon the
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past
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According to Erikson, a person in the ________ versus ________ stage needs to be involved in teaching and guiding the next generation
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generativity/stagnation
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Failure to adapt at one developmental stage
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can be corrected by success at a later stage.
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Erikson studied each of the following groups except
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schizophrenic adults.
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Older people should seek
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new challenges
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From his early work and analysis with Anna Freud, Erikson was interested in
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psychoanalytic work with children
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Each of the following is a psychological type, or status, in the adolescent stage except
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identity competence.
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On the free will-determinism dimension, Erikson's image of human nature
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is only partially deterministic
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Studies of ego identity show that
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adolescents high in ego identity develop trust, autonomy, initiative, and industriousness.
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Erikson's primary research method was
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the case study
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The basic strength associated with the final stage of development is
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wisdom
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If a conflict at one stage cannot be resolved, then a person will
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have much difficulty to continue normal development in the next stage
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The developmental stage of maturity covering the most years is the
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latency stage.
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Fidelity means
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sincerity, genuineness, and a sense of duty in a person's relationships.
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All stages of life involve a series of personal __________. They exist at birth and become prominent through every stage of a persons' life
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conflicts
