Instructions/Guidelines
● There are 10 essay questions
● APA references, Peer-reviewed references and in-text citations
● Please put references under each answer
Questions:
1) How is the superego developed in a child in the locomotor-genital stage according to Erikson?
2) Define basic anxiety. Describe the different ways in which we try to protect ourselves against basic anxiety in our childhood.
3) Describe the principal of equivalence in Jung’s personality model and give a real-life example.
4) Discuss the roles of race, gender, and culture in shaping personality.
5) In the context of the adolescent stage of development, mention the key elements for this developmental stage that illustrate the turbulence and stress of this period.
6) Explain the terms maldevelopment, maladaptions, and malignancies as described by Erikson.
7) Explain the concept of fictional finalism.
8) Give definitions and examples for the following defense mechanisms: (a) projection, (b) reaction formation, and (c) sublimation.
9) Discuss the ways in which the use of social media and an individual’s personality affect each other.
10) Describe the profiles of first-born children and only children as proposed by Adler. Compare and contrast two similarities and two differences.
