Author Question: According to Erikson, the formation of _____ identity is influenced by social and historical forces. ... (Read 58 times)

jasdeep_brar · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

According to Erikson, the formation of _____ identity is influenced by social and historical forces.

a. id
c. superego
b. ego
d. psyche

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true about the significance given to social and environmental factors by the personality theorists?

a. Adler suggested that women raised in a matriarchal culture might have higher self-esteem.
c. Cattell argued that environmental factors ultimately affect all of his 16 personality factors to some extent.
b. Horney noted that social environment shapes the raw materials of personality provided by genetics into finished products.
d. Allport's eight stages of psychosocial development are innate, but the environment determines the ways in which they are realized.

mk6555 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Erikson believed that social and historical forces influence the formation of ego identity. His eight stages of psychosocial development are innate, but the environment determines the ways in which those genetically based stages are realized.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Cattell argued that heredity is more important for some of his 16 personality factors than for others, but environmental influences will ultimately affect every factor to some extent. Erikson's eight stages of psychosocial development are innate, but the environment determines the ways in which those genetically based stages are realized.