Ch 10 Flashcards
Identity development does not happen _______, and it does not happen ________.
A. Neatly, cataclysmically
B. Quickly, structured
A. Neatly, cataclysmically (destructive)
Today as a result of Erickson’s masterful thinking and analysis, identity is considered _____
A. Unimportant to adolescence
B. A key aspect of adolescent development
C. A key aspect in early adulthood
B. A key aspect of adolescent development
Recall that in Erickson’s theory, his 5th developmental stage, which individuals experience during adolescence, is ______ versus ______
Identity vs Identity confusion
During the identity versus identity confusion stage Erickson said adolescents are faced with deciding what?
Who they are
What they are all about
Where they are going in life
The search for an identity during adolescence is aided by a _______ _______
Psychosocial moratorium
Erickson’s term for the gap between childhood security and adult autonomy
Psychosocial moratorium
Marcia classifies individuals based on the existence or extent of their ______ or _____
Crisis or commitment
A period of identity development during which the individual is exploring alternatives
Crisis
Personal investment in identity
Commitment
James Marcia’s term for adolescents who have not yet experienced a crisis or made any commitments
Identity diffusion
James Marcia’s term for adolescents who have made a commitment but have not experienced a crisis
Identity for closure
James Marcia’s term for adolescents who are in the midst of a crisis, but their commitments are either absent or vaguely defined
Identity moratorium
James Marcia’s term for adolescents who have undergone a crisis and have made a commitment
Identity achievement
Some critics argue that the identity status approach does not provide enough depth and understanding ______ ______
Identity development
The newer dual cycle identity model separates identity development into 2 processes, those are
- Formation cycle
- Maintenence cycle
The cycle of the newer dual cycle identity model that relies on exploration in breath and identification with commitment
Formation cycle
The cycle in the newer dual cycle identity model that involves exploration in depth as well as reconsideration of commitments
Maintenance cycle
This approach is one way that researchers are now examining identity changes in depth
Narrative approach
This approach involves asking individuals to tell their life stories and evaluate the extent to which their stories are meaningful and integrated
Narrative approach
This term refers to the stories people construct and tell about themselves to define who they are for themselves and others. Beginning in adolescence and young adulthood, these are the stories we live by.
Narrative identity
Researchers are developing a consensus that the key changes in identity are most likely to take place in
Emerging adulthood, the period from about 18 to 25 years of age
From the years proceeding high school through the last few years of college, the number of individuals who are identity achieved ________, whereas the number of individuals who are identity diffused _________
A. Increases, increases
B. Decreases, increases
C. Increases, decreases
C. Increases, decreases
Many young adolescents are part of which 4 statuses of identity
Identity diffusion
Marcio points out that the 1st identity is
Not, and should not be regarded as, the final product
a meta analysis on identity, adolescence who were ________ are more likely to be securely attached to their parents than adolescents who were _______ or _______
Identity achieved, Identity diffused, identity foreclosed
An entering aspect of the self that includes a sense of membership and an ethnic group, along with the attitudes and feelings related to that membership
Ethnic identity
Most adolescence from ethnic minorities develop a
Bicultural identity
They identify in some ways with their ethnic group and in other ways with the majority culture
Bicultural identity
For ethnic minority individuals, _____ and _____ are often special junctures in their development
Adolescent and emerging adulthood
Individuals consciously confront their ethnicity for the 1st time in
Adolescence or emerging adulthood
This generation of immigrants are likely to be secure in their identities and unlikely to change much; they may or may not develop a new identity. The degree to which they begin to feel “American” appears to be related to whether or not they learn English, develop social networks beyond their ethnic group, and become culturally competent in their new country.
1st generation
This generation of immigrants are more likely to think of themselves as “American” possibly because citizenship is granted at birth. Their ethnic identity is likely to be linked to retention of their ethnic language and social networks.
2nd generation
In this generation the issues become more complex. Historical, contextual, and political factors that are unrelated to at culturation may affect the extent to which members of this generation retain their ethnic identities.
3rd and later generations
For non European ethnic groups, _____ and ____ influence whether ethnic identity is retained
Racism and discrimination
A key aspect of the managerial role of parenting is _______ ________ , which is especially important as children move into the adolescent years
Effective monitoring
Monitoring includes supervising adolescence choice of
Social settings, activities, and friends, as well as their academic efforts.
In a recent study of 5th to 8th graders, a ______ level of parental monitoring was associated with students having ______ grades
Higher level, higher grades
A research meta analysis also found that a higher level of parental monitoring and rule enforcement or linked to
Later initiation of sexual intercourse and higher rates of condom use by adolescence
Another recent study revealed that when parents had little awareness of their whereabouts, adolescent girls were more likely too
Smoke cigarettes and to initiate smoking at an earlier stage
When parents engage in positive parenting practices, adolescence are blank to disclose information
More likely
Researchers have found that adolescents disclosure to parents about their whereabouts, activities, and friends is linked to
Positive adolescent adjustment
Recent research indicated that adolescents who engaged in _____ ______ were more secretive and disclosed less information to parents
Problem behavior
A recent study also found that from 16 to 20 years of age, adolescence perceive that they had
Increasing independence and improve relationship with their parents
Boys are given _____ _______ than girls
More independence