Erikson's use of psychohistorical analysis included such significant personalities and figures as:
a. Hitler and Hannibal.
c. Castro and Stalin.
b. Moses and Noah.
d. Gandhi and Martin Luther.
ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Erikson's most unusual assessment technique is psychohistorical analysis. These analyses are essentially biographical studies. Erikson used the framework of his life-span theory of personality to describe the crises and the ways of coping of significant political, religious, and literary figures, such as Gandhi, Martin Luther, and George Bernard Shaw.
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