PERSONALITY

ERIK HOMBURGER ERIKSON

1. This is the image we have of ourselves in a variety of social roles.

a. Ego c. Body ego
b. Ego identity d. Ego ideal

2. Erikson introduced the method known as psychohistory and used it on which historical figure?
a. William Shakespeare c. Charles Darwin
b. Oda Nobunaga d. George Bernard Shaw

3. For Erikson, superego is as ________ as the id.

a. Barbaric c. Dramatic
b. Critical d. Related

4. What is the meaning of the word autonomy?

a. Existing or acting separately c. The capacity to love
b. Dependent d. Promiscuous

5. Refers to the physical state such as being sickly, healthy, abused, battered, etc.
a. Body ego c. Ego ideal
b. Ego d. Ego identity

6. What is the major conflict during adolescence?

a. Industry vs. inferiority c. Intimacy vs. isolation
b. Identity vs. identity confusion d. Ego integrity vs. despair

7. Crisis is a/n ________.

a. Turning point c. Dramatic or critical
b. Moment of decision d. Development

8. At each stage of Eriksons theory of psychosocial development, people experience a

conflict that fences as a/an _____________.
a. Identity crisis c. Critical
b. Turmoil d. Turning point
9. In the 7th stage, this term includes the concern for children and the ideas and products
that we have created.
a. Fruitful c. Generativity
b. Despair d. Fecund

10. An old lady always look back at her past and feel regretful about the things she didnt
do. Failure in this stage of development will lead to ___________.
a. Uncertainty c. Selfishness
b. Feelings of despair d. Feelings of unworthiness

11. In the 6th stage of Eriksons psychosocial development of personality which is Intimacy
vs. Isolation; if the crisis is unsuccessfully resolved, what emerges?
a. Hope c. Fear
b. Promiscuity d. Love

12. Represents the image we have of ourselves as compared with an established ideal.
a. Superego c. Body ego
b. Ego ideal d. Ego identity

13. Hebe had always done her best in academics and is always part of the top students but
no matter what she does, her parents only praise her older sisters achievements. Thus,
making her feel ___________ to her older sister.
a. Resentful c. Inferior
b. Selfish d. Proud

14. Because Erikson stressed the autonomy of the ego, his theory was called __________.
a. Psychoanalytic theory c. Ego psychology
b. Psychosocial theory d. Case study

15. What terms did Erikson introduce?

a. Psychosocial development, ego strength, superego, identity confusion
b. Ego strength, life crisis, ego ideal, psychohistory
c. Life cycles, psychosocial development, identity crisis, ego strength
d. Crisis, inferiority, body ego, ego integrity