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Moderate
  • A. Mistrust
  • B. Trust
  • C. Confident
  • D. Shame

Explanation: When caregivers do not provide reliable care, the infant develops mistrust rather than a basic sense of safety and trust.

Correct answer: Mistrust
Hard
  • A. Six
  • B. Seven
  • C. Eight
  • D. Nine

Explanation: Intimacy versus isolation is Erikson’s sixth stage, associated with early adulthood and the formation of close relationships.

Correct answer: Six
Very hard
  • A. 10 to 16 years
  • B. 10 to 20 years
  • C. 10 to 50 years
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Erikson’s identity versus role confusion stage is linked with adolescence, conventionally placed around ages 10 to 20.

Correct answer: 10 to 20 years
Moderate
  • A. Trusted vs Mistrust
  • B. Industry vs Inferiority
  • C. Initiative vs Guilt
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Initiative versus guilt is the stage in which children actively plan and attempt activities; repeated failure or discouragement can…

Correct answer: Initiative vs Guilt
Moderate
  • A. Next generation
  • B. Old generation
  • C. Prior generation
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Generativity is the concern for guiding, supporting, or creating something that benefits the next generation, especially through…

Correct answer: Next generation
Moderate
  • A. Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
  • B. Integrity vs Despair
  • C. Identity vs Identity confusion
  • D. Trust vs Mistrust

Explanation: In the final stage, older adults look back on life: positive reflection produces integrity, while regret and perceived failure produce…

Correct answer: Integrity vs Despair
Fairly easy
  • A. Trust vs Mistrust
  • B. Integrity vs Despair
  • C. Generativity vs Stagnation
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: The seventh stage is generativity versus stagnation, concerning contribution to society and the next generation rather than…

Correct answer: Generativity vs Stagnation
Very hard
  • A. One
  • B. Two
  • C. Four
  • D. Three

Explanation: Erikson examined identity through three broad aspects: the individual’s inner sense of self, personal identity, and social identity in…

Correct answer: Three
Fairly easy
  • A. Trust vs Mistrust
  • B. Initiative vs Guilt
  • C. Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Initiative versus guilt is the third stage, following trust versus mistrust and autonomy versus shame and doubt.

Correct answer: Initiative vs Guilt
Hard
  • A. 40 to 65 years
  • B. 20 to 60 years
  • C. 20/30 to 40 years
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Intimacy versus isolation is the early-adulthood stage, commonly placed from about 20 or 30 to 40 years, although age boundaries vary by…

Correct answer: 20/30 to 40 years
Hard
  • A. 90 years to onword
  • B. 40 years to onword
  • C. 20 years to onword
  • D. 60 years to onword

Explanation: Integrity versus despair is associated with late adulthood, conventionally beginning around age 60 and continuing thereafter.

Correct answer: 60 years to onword
Moderate
  • A. Stagnation
  • B. Generativity
  • C. Despair
  • D. Inferiority

Explanation: Stagnation describes feeling unproductive or disconnected from the welfare of the next generation, whereas generativity is the positive…

Correct answer: Stagnation
Fairly easy
  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Five
  • D. Four

Explanation: Identity versus role confusion is Erikson’s fifth stage and is mainly associated with adolescence, when individuals develop a stable sense…

Correct answer: Five
Fairly easy
  • A. Attraction
  • B. Mistrust
  • C. Hate
  • D. Trust

Explanation: Consistent milk, food, care, and affection teach the infant that the caregiver and environment are dependable, producing basic trust.

Correct answer: Trust
Fairly easy
  • A. Late adulthood
  • B. Early Adulthood
  • C. Infancy
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Integrity versus despair is Erikson’s eighth and final stage, commonly called late adulthood, when people evaluate the meaning of their…

Correct answer: Late adulthood
Fairly easy
  • A. Trust vs Mistrust
  • B. Intimacy vs Isolation
  • C. Industry vs Inferiority
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Intimacy versus isolation concerns forming deep relationships with friends, family, and partners; failure to do so may lead to loneliness…

Correct answer: Intimacy vs Isolation
Easy
  • A. Erickson
  • B. John Dewey
  • C. Sigmund Freud
  • D. Bronfenbrenner

Explanation: Sigmund Freud developed psychoanalytic theory, which explains behaviour through unconscious processes, early experiences, and conflicts…

Correct answer: Sigmund Freud
Moderate
  • A. None of the above
  • B. Frued sexual theory
  • C. Frued social sexual theory
  • D. Frued Structural Theory

Explanation: Freud’s psychodynamic view is commonly linked with his structural model of personality, involving the id, ego and superego.

Correct answer: Frued Structural Theory
Fairly easy
  • A. Superego
  • B. Id
  • C. Ego
  • D. All

Explanation: The superego represents internalised moral rules and social standards, helping a person judge behaviour as right or wrong.

Correct answer: Superego
Fairly easy
  • A. Experimental method
  • B. Psychoanalysis method
  • C. Inductive method
  • D. Research based study

Explanation: Psychoanalysis examines unconscious motives through techniques such as free association, dream analysis and interpretation.

Correct answer: Psychoanalysis method