Harrison believes that Erikson's theory of personality development is very accurate. Thus, Harrison would most likely believe that his 17-year-old son, Ford, would currently be experiencing the psychosocial conflict involving
a. trust versus mistrust.
b. identity and role confusion.
c. initiative versus guilt.
d. generativity versus stagnation.
Question 2_____ is defined as a culturally prescribed way of reacting to death..
a. Bereavement
b. Grieving
c. Anticipatory grief
d. Mourning
Question 3Which question best exemplifies the identity and role confusion conflict?
a. What kind of moral and religious values do I have?
b. Has my life been worthwhile?
c. Am I the fastest runner in my class?
d. Have I produced something that will outlive me?
Question 4Venus' sister has just died. How could Venus demonstrate the concept of grief?
a. She could wear a black dress.
b. She could by a nice coffin.
c. She could feel guilt over not being a better sister.
d. She could have a party after the funeral.
Question 5Research on social comparison suggests that
a. gifted children are at risk for low self-concept.
b. placing children with learning disabilities in a regular education room may negatively impact their self-esteem.
c. male athletes tend to have high academic self-esteem.
d. students from larger high schools tend to have the highest self-esteem.
Question 6Grief is best defined as
a. the emotional response to loss.
b. culturally accepted ways of displaying one's reactions to loss.
c. a decision concerning how to deal with the corpse.
d. a status of being without.
Question 7Marsh and Kit-Tai Hua's 2003 study on the big-fish-little-pond effect found that a student's academic self-concept is less positive when students are
a. gifted.
b. intellectually disabled.
c. in a school with a lot of high achievers.
d. in a school with a lot of low achievers.
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