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SGallaher96

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Erikson used the term _____ to refer to the idea that human development is governed by a sequence of stages that depend on hereditary factors.
 
  a. functional autonomy of motives
  b. epigenetic principle of maturation
  c. expressive behavior
  d. primary-process thought

Question 2

Erikson included all of the following in his theory of personality except:
 
  a. the eight stages of life.
  c. basic strengths.
  b. social and environmental forces.
  d. unconscious forces.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Erikson suggested that the developmental process was governed by what he called the epigenetic principle of maturation. By this he meant that inherited forces are the determining characteristics of the developmental stages. The prefix epi means upon; therefore, development depends on genetic factors.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Erikson divided the growth of the personality into eight psychosocial stages. The major difference between Erikson's and Freud's theories is that Erikson emphasized psychosocial correlates, whereas Freud focused on biological factors. According to Erikson, it is the social and environmental forces to which we are exposed that control the ways in which the genetically predetermined stages of development are realized. Erikson also proposed that each of the eight psychosocial stages provides an opportunity to develop our basic strengths.



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