Chapter 12 Socioemtional development in adolescence

Question 1

narcissim

Answer 1

A self-centred and self-concerned approach towards others

Question 2

crisis

Answer 2

marcias term for a period of identity development during which the teen is exploring alternatives

Question 3

commitment

Answer 3

marcias term for the part of identity development in which teens show personal investment in identity

Question 4

identity diffusion

Answer 4

marcias term for the status of individuals who have not yet experienced a crisis (explore meaningful alternatives) or made any commitments

Question 5

identity foreclosure

Answer 5

marcias term for the status of individuals who are in the midst of a crisis, but their commitments are either abesent or vaguely defined

Question 6

identity achievement

Answer 6

maricas term for the status of individuals who have undergone a crisis and have made a commitment

Question 7

ethnic identity

Answer 7

an enduring, basic aspect of the self that includes a sense of the membership in an ethnic group and the attitudes and feelings related to that membership