Quiz 6 Flashcards
Anna Freud was Sigmund Freud’s
b) youngest daughter.
Anna Freud enlarged the application of psychoanalysis to new areas, including exploration of the ego and the study of
a) children.
Anna Freud’s developmental line elaborated on her father’s depiction of the psychosexual stages by describing
d) the growth in ego mastery as it coincides with psychosexual development.
What did Anna Freud mean when she said that adolescence was the “stepchild in psychoanalytic theory”?
a) The adolescent stage had not previously been emphasized as an important developmental period.
Tanya has been taken hostage. Her primary feelings toward the people who are holding her hostage is admiration and gratitude. Anna Freud would argue that Tanya is experiencing the ego defense of
c) identification with the aggressor.
Which of the following is one of the ways in which Erikson extended Freudian psychoanalysis?
He added a social dimension that before was only implied in the psychosexual stages.
Unlike Sigmund Freud, Erikson theorized that the ego was
a) mostly adaptive.
In discussing the psychosexual stages, Freud emphasized their ________ character, whereas Erikson emphasized their ________ dimension.
a) biological; social
Each of Erikson’s psychosocial stages is organized around a(n) ________ that children encounter at certain critical periods.
c) emotional polarity
An individual who emerges successfully from one of Erikson’s psychosocial stages develops a(n) ________ as a result.
b) virtue
According to Erikson, the primary dilemma of infancy is
a) trust versus mistrust.
According to Erikson, an infant whose parents do not attend reliably to his or her needs is likely to lack the ego strength of
b) hope.
According to Erikson, if six-month-old Marcus could verbalize his dilemma, he would say that he is most likely struggling with the question,
Can I trust the world?
Two-year-old Emma was just toilet-trained. According to Erikson, if her parents were firm and reassuring, Emma would emerge from this stage with a newly developed ego strength of
c) will.
According to Erikson, a two-year-old’s negativism is a(n)
d) struggle for autonomy.
Pedro is a boy struggling with the life crisis of autonomy versus shame and doubt. According to Erikson, Pedro is most likely to be ________ old.
c) three years
Four-year-old Jonas is a very curious little boy who is always taking things apart. His mother has just found him in her bedroom attempting to unscrew the back of her alarm clock. According to Erikson, a spanking will probably lead Jonas to feel
c) guilty.
Regarding the Oedipus complex, Erikson
c) preferred to call it an early generational complex.
- The psychosocial stage that parallels Freud’s latency period is
c) industry versus inferiority.
Ms. Jones divides her first-graders into reading groups according to ability. The “sparrows” know that they are the worst readers, whereas the “eagles” know that they are the best. According to Erikson, at this age, she can expect the “sparrows” to develop feelings of ________ and the “eagles” to develop feelings of ________.
d) inferiority; industry
- Dr. Rodriguez is a clinical psychologist who works with children in an elementary school. According to Erikson, the psychosocial stage with which Dr. Rodriguez’s clients are most likely to struggle is
b) industry versus inferiority.
- Fifteen-year-old Savita is constantly questioning her parents’ values. At the same time, she is not ready to accept her friends’ values. If you ask her what she wants to become, she will say, “I haven’t a clue.” Her confusion implies that she is struggling with issues of
b) identity.
- Ron is a previously law-abiding teen who has recently joined a violent gang. In Erikson’s terms, he is
a) adopting a negative identity.
- When an adolescent establishes a stable identity, the virtue or ego strength that emerges is
a) adopting a negative identity.
- Dr. Porter is a counseling psychologist who works at a college counseling center. Most of Dr. Porter’s clients are of traditional college age. According to Erikson’s theory of psychosocial stages, which of the following issues will be most prominent in the problems of Dr. Porter’s clients at this point in their lives?
c) Intimacy versus isolation
- The virtue of love emerges with the successful emergence of Erikson’s _________ stage.
b) intimacy versus isolation
- Carolyn is experiencing Erikson’s stage of generativity versus stagnation. Carolyn is most likely to be ________ years old.
b) fifty
- The ego strength of care emerges during which of Erikson’s psychosexual stages?
c) Generativity versus stagnation
- According to Erikson, an older adult who is able to sit back and reflect on his or her life with satisfaction will have acquired the virtue of
d) wisdom.
- According to Carol Gilligan, the development of girls differs from that of boys because
b) girls’ development places greater emphasis on connection and care.
- What did Erikson demonstrate in his study of two Native American tribes?
a) That society shapes basic character structures
- Erikson found that the child-rearing practices of the Sioux, in comparison to those of the Yurok, were
b) less adaptive.
- Erikson is credited with refining which of the following?
c) The psychohistory
- Research inspired by Erikson’s theories, such as that conducted by Daniel Levinson and Judy Levinson, suggests that, compared to women, men tend to base their identity on their
d) profession.
- In his investigation of sex differences, Erikson observed that, in their play, girls emphasize ________ space, whereas boys emphasize ________ space.
d) inner; outer
- Erikson concluded from his study on sex differences that the development of women is influenced by their
b) awareness of their reproductive capacity.
- In38. According to the Generative Behavior Checklist (McAdams & St. Aubin), which of the following suggests a high degree of generativity? theorizing about females, both Erikson and Freud
d) employed male paradigms.
- According to the Generative Behavior Checklist (McAdams & St. Aubin), which of the following suggests a high degree of generativity?
b) Believing that one’s contributions will survive after death
- Erikson saw a parallel between the use of evidence by a psychoanalyst and a(n) ________ because both try to reconstruct events.
d) historian
