According to Erikson, a major conflict in the first year of life is that between:

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1. During the second year of life, toddlers begin to take some personal responsibility for feeding, dressing, and bathing themselves in an attempt to establish what Erikson calls a sense of:

   A. superiority B. industry C. generativity D. autonomy...

2. Ameen, a 70-years old retired teacher, feels that his life has not been of any real value or significance. According to Erikson, Ameen has failed to achieve a sense of:

   A. autonomy B. independence C. basic trust D. integrity...

3. According to Erikson, the first stage of development (birth to one year) is a period when the infant develops the basic characteristic of:

   A. intimacy versus isolation B. industry versus inferiority C. initiative versus guilt D. trust versus mistrust...

4. The last stage in Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development where in a person reflects on their life is ______________?

   A. productivity vs stagnation B. integrity vs despair C. competence vs inferiority D. pride vs regret...

5. Erik Erikson maintained that the two basic aspects of life that dominate adulthood are ________________?

   A. identity and independence B. intimacy and identity C. intimacy and generativity D. independence and generativity...

6. An elderly person who can look back on life with satisfaction and reminisce with a sense of completion has attained Erikson’s stage of ________________?

   A. generativity B. intimacy C. isolation D. integrity...

7. According to Erikson, trust is to______as identity is to______.

   A. infancy; childhood B. infancy; adolescence C. adulthood; childhood D. childhood; adolescence...

8. 30-year-old woman tells a friend that she doesn’t want to marry because she is afraid of losing her freedom and independence. Erikson would say that she is having difficulty with the psychosocial task of ______________?

   A. trust vs. mistrust B. autonomy vs. doubt C. intimacy vs. isolation D. identity vs. role confusion...

9. According to Erikson, the central crisis of adolescence is _____________?

   A. identity vs confusion B. trust vs mistrust C. industry vs inferiority D. intimacy vs isolation...

10. If an individual is facing the psychological crisis of identity versus role confusion, according to Erik Erikson’s model, that individual is most likely ____________?

    A. a preadolescent B. an adolescent C. a young adult D. a middle-aged adult...