QUIZ # 2

1. List Freud's psychosexual stages.

2. You would expect the correlation between the number of times you skip class and your grade to be:
    a) positive
    b) negative
    c) zero

3. Erikson indicates that individuals typically confront a crisis associated with identity vs. role confusion during this period of life.
    a) infancy
    b) childhood
    c) adolescence
    d) old age
 

4. A woman is very involved in helping others beyond her immediate family. Erikson would say she is likely in which stage of development?
    a) puberty
    b) young adulthood
   c) middle age
    d) old age

5. Give one common criticism of Freud's theory.

6. What is one positive feature of Freud's theory?

7. Although schools very much promote 'positive self-esteem' and praising children, Erikson would argue that sometimes children need to be told that their work doesn't measure up, or that their behavior was inappropriate. Wouldn't this promote inferiority or guilt? Is that always a bad thing for a teacher or parent to do?