Chapter 12 - Adolescence Flashcards
Overall way we evaluate ourselves.
Self-esteem
A self-centered and self concerned approach toward others.
Narcissism
A self-portrait that is composed of many pieces and domains.
Identity
Erikson’s fifth developmental stage, which individuals experience during adolescence.
Identity versus Identity Confusion
Erikson’s term for the gap between childhood security and adult autonomy.
Psychosocial Moratorium
Marcia’s term for a period of identity development during which the adolescent is exploring alternatives.
Crisis
Marcia’s term for the part of identity development in which adolescents show a personal investment in identity.
Commitment
Marcia’s term for the status of individuals who have not yet experienced a crisis (explored meaningful alternatives) or
made any commitments.
Identity Diffusion
Marcia’s term for the status of individuals who have made a commitment but have not experienced a crisis.
Identity Foreclosure
Marcia’s term for the status of individuals who are in the midst of a crisis, but their commitments are either absent or vaguely defined.
Identity Moratorium
Marcia’s term for the status of individuals who have undergone a crisis and have made a commitment.
Identity Achievement
An enduring, basic aspect of the self that includes a sense of membership in an ethnic group and the attitudes and feelings related to that membership.
Ethnic Identity
Adolescents and emerging adults begin to grapple in more sophisticated, logical ways.
Religion and Identity Development
Adolescents’ increased logical reasoning gives them the ability to develop hypotheses and systematically sort through different answers to spiritual questions.
Cognitive Development and Religion in Adolescence
Intense, stressful conflict throughout adolescence; parent-adolescent relationships are filled with storm and stress on virtually a daily basis.
Old Model
