Quiz on Erik Erikson’s Theory

Name: ________________________

Read each statement carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Name the stage in which people discover a sense of contributing to the world?
a. trust v mistrust
b. Generativity v stagnation
c. integrity v despair

2. Name the stage in which children learn the pleasure of applying themselves to a task or feel
inferior?
a. intimacy v isolation
b. industry v inferiority
c. initiative v guilt

3. Name the stage in which young adults struggle to form close relationships
a. Intimacy v isolation
b. autonomy v shame and doubt
c. Trust v mistrust

4. Which is not true of Initiative v Guilt?

a. Preschoolers carry out plans
b. Preschoolers learn to initiate tasks
c. Preschoolers learn to exercise their will

5. In the trust v mistrust stage, if needs are dependently met, infants develop a sense of basic
trust
a. True
b. False

6. In what stage does Trust v Mistrust occur?

a. Infancy
b. Preschool
c. Late adulthood

7. In what stage does industry v. inferiority occur?

a. Adolescence
b. Elementary school
c. Toddlerhood

8. In what stage does intimacy v isolation occur?

a. Young adulthood
b. Preschool
 c. Middle adulthood

9. What stage does the adolescence stage consist of?

a. 6 yrs – puberty
b. Early 20s – early 30s
c. Teens – early 20s

10. In what stage does one reflect on his or her life?

a. Adolescence
b. Middle Adulthood
c. Late Adulthood