Erikson proposed that trust or mistrust develops during the ____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Erikson’s trust vs mistrust stage occurs during _______________?

   A. middle childhood
   B. early childhood
   C. infancy
   D. early adulthood

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

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

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. Because she is often rejected by her parents, Sally mistrusts other people and treats them with hostility, which leads to their rejection of her. The cycle of rejection, mistrust, hostility, and further rejection illustrate what is meant by:

   A. an external locus of control
   B. the self-serving phenomenon
   C. reaction formation
   D. reciprocal determinism

5. 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

6. Javaid is a graduate student who is studying the way in which selective attention develops during the preadolescent years. He selected a group of 10-years-olds, and he assesses their selective attention every six months over a two-year period. In this example, Javaid is using:

   A. a longitudinal research design
   B. a sequential design
   C. a cross-sectional design
   D. a multi-factorial research design

7. 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

8. Mr. Farid has no meaningful conceptual goals and has changed his college several times. Erikson would have suggested that he lacks _______________?

   A. identity
   B. initiative
   C. trust
   D. autonomy

9. 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

10. All of the following are Erikson’s stages EXCEPT:

    A. Empathy vs selfishness
    B. Initiative vs guilt
    C. Trust vs mistrust
    D. Identity vs confusion