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

Related Mcqs:

1. Erik Erikson suggested that children with a very secure attachment to their parents are especially likely to experience ________________?

   A. stranger anxiety
   B. egocentrism
   C. basic trust
   D. object permanence

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

   A. trust versus mistrust
   B. initiative versus guilt
   C. autonomy versus shame and doubt
   D. relatedness versus isolation

9. According to Erikson, isolation is to intimacy as role confusion is to ________________?

   A. mistrust
   B. guilt
   C. inferiority
   D. identity

10. The area of the brain which undergoes the greatest change from puberty into young adulthood is the:

    A. Frontal lobe
    B. Hypothalamus
    C. Temporal lobe
    D. Corpus callosum