Chapter 7. Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory

Question 1

It means each component proceeds in a step-by-step fashion with later growth building on earlier development.

Answer 1

epigenetic principle

Question 2

During every stage, people experience an interaction of opposing _______ and ________ attitudes.

Answer 2

syntonic and dystonic

Question 3

Interaction between the syntonic and dystonic elements results to a ___________.

Answer 3

psychosocial crisis

Question 4

Resolution of this crisis produces a __________ and enables a person to move to the next stage.

Answer 4

basic strength

Question 5

A multiplicity of historical and cultural events also shapes ________.

Answer 5

ego identity

Question 6

Each basic strength has an underlying antipathy that becomes the ___________ of that stage.

Answer 6

core pathology

Question 7

Basic strength and core pathology of infancy is:

Answer 7

hope; withdrawal

Question 8

Basic strength and core pathology of early childhood is:

Answer 8

will; compulsion

Question 9

Basic strength and core pathology of play age is:

Answer 9

purpose; inhibition

Question 10

Basic strength and core pathology of school age is:

Answer 10

competency; inertia

Question 11

Basic strength and core pathology of adolescence is:

Answer 11

fidelity; role repudiation

Question 12

Basic strength and core pathology of young adulthood is:

Answer 12

love; exclusivity

Question 13

Basic strength and core pathology of adulthood is:

Answer 13

care; rejectivity

Question 14

Basic strength and core pathology of old age is:

Answer 14

wisdom; disdain

Question 15

What is the psychosexual mode in infancy?

Answer 15

oral-sensory mode

Question 16

What is the psychosexual mode in early childhood?

Answer 16

anal, urethral, and muscular psychosexual mode

Question 17

What is the psychosexual mode in play age?

Answer 17

genital-locomotor psychosexual mode

Question 18

What is the psychosexual mode in school age?

Answer 18

sexual latency

Question 19

What is the psychosexual mode in adolescene?

Answer 19

social latency

Question 20

What is the psychosexual mode in young adulthood?

Answer 20

genitality

Question 21

What is the psychosexual mode in adulthood?

Answer 21

procreativity

Question 22

What is the psychosexual mode in old age?

Answer 22

generalized sensuality

Question 23

What is the psychosocial crisis in infancy?

Answer 23

trust versus mistrust

Question 24

What is the psychosocial crisis in early childhood?

Answer 24

autonomy versus shame and doubt

Question 25

What is the psychosocial crisis in play age?

Answer 25

initiative versus guilt

Question 26

What is the psychosocial crisis in school age?

Answer 26

industry versus inferiority

Question 27

What is the psychosocial crisis in adolescence?

Answer 27

identity versus identity confusion

Question 28

What is the psychosocial crisis in young adulthood?

Answer 28

intimacy versus isolation

Question 29

What is the psychosocial crisis in adulthood?

Answer 29

generativity versus stagnation

Question 30

What is the psychosocial crisis in old age?

Answer 30

integrity versus despair

Question 31

Erikson used _________ (a combination of psychoanalysis and history) to study the identity crises of Martin Luther, Mahatma Gandhi, and others.

Answer 31

psychohistory

Question 32

Erikson viewed the ego as a positive force that creates a __________.

Answer 32

self-identity

Question 33

What does Erikson view as a partially unconscious organizing gallery?

Answer 33

ego

Question 34

According to Erikson, the ego synthesizes our:

Answer 34

1. present experiences 2. past self-identities 3. anticipated image of self

Question 35

3 interrelated aspects of ego:

Answer 35

1. body ego 2. ego ideal 3. ego identity

Question 36

The aspect that is marked by experiences with our body.

Answer 36

body ego

Question 37

An aspect of the ego that is the image we have of ourselves in comparison with an established ideal.

Answer 37

ego ideal

Question 38

An aspect of the ego that is the image we have of ourselves in the variety of social roles we play.

Answer 38

ego identity

Question 39

What is an illusion perpetrated and perpetuated by a certain society that is somehow chosen to be the human species?

Answer 39

pseudospecies

Question 40

True or False. Identity crisis is an opportunity for either adaptive or maladaptive adjustments.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

True or False. The recent findings suggest that generativity and stagnation are from the same spectrum.

Answer 41

False. They are to be considered SEPARATELY as the results suggest.

Question 42

True or False. If the parents score high in generativity, then their children are well-adjusted and happy.

Answer 42

True

Question 43

This scale measures generativity.

Answer 43

Loyola Generativity Scale (LGS) by Dan McAdams and his colleagues

Question 44

This is a generation of new beings as well as products and new ideas.

Answer 44

Generativity

Question 45

The Loyola Generativity Scale (LGS) includes aspects like:

Answer 45

1. concern for the next generation 2. creating and maintaining object and things 3. person narration

Question 46

This is a turning point in one's life that may either strengthen or weaken personality.

Answer 46

identity crisis