Chapter 5 - Defining the Self Flashcards
Individuation
Individuation is the process of distinguishing one’s attitudes and beliefs from those of one’s parents.
Autonomy
Autonomy is being independent and responsible for one’s actions.
Individuality
Individuality is a quality of family interactions thought to be important for individuation, reflecting the ability to express one’s ideas and say how one differs from others.
Connectedness
Connectedness is a quality of family interactions thought to be important for individuation, reflecting openness to and respect for others’ opinions.
Identity
Identity is the part of one’s personality of which one is aware and is able to see as a meaningful and coherent whole.
Possible Selves
Possible selves are life options that adolescents imagine for themselves; some possible selves are positive, or hoped-for, and others are feared, or negative, possibilites.
Identity Achievement
Identity achievement is the resolution of the psychosocial crisis of identity through the formulation of personal goals and personally defined religious and political commitments.
Identity Foreclosure
Identity foreclosure is the resolution of the psychosocial crisis of identity through the assumption of traditional, conventional, or parentally chosen goals and values without the experience of crisis or conflict over identity issues.
Moratorium
Moratorium is the experience of conflict over the issues of identity formation prior to the establishment of firm goals or long-term commitments.
Identity Diffusion
Identity diffusion is the resolution of the psychosocial crisis of identity without the experience of crisis or commitment over identity issues.
Information Orientation
The information orientation style is a style of information processing characterized by actively searching for and evaluating information.
Diffuse/Avoidant Orientation
The diffuse/avoidant style of information processing is one characterized by procrastinating and avoiding decisions.
Normative Orientation
The normative style of information processing is one characterized by reliance on social norms and the expectations of relatives and friends.
Ethnic Identity
Ethnic identity is an awareness of belonging to an ethnic group that shapes one’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
Acculturation
Acculturation is a socialization process by which members of a minority adopt the customs of the dominant group, while maintaining a separate cultural identity.
Unexamined Ethnic Identity
The unexamined ethnic identity is an initial stage in ethnic identity formation that involves a lack of awareness of the issues related to one’s ethnicity and a simple internalization of the values of the dominant culture.
Ethnic Identity Search
The ethnic identity search is an intermediate stage in ethnic identity formation involving exploration of the meaning of one’s ethnicity.
Achieved Ethnic Identity
Achieved ethnic identity is a stage in ethnic identity formation in which one has a clear sense of one’s ethnicity that reflects feelings of belonging and emotional identification.
Bicultural Identity
Bicultural identity is the process by which minority adolescents identify themselves with respect to the two cultures to which they belong.
Self-Concept
Self-concept is the individual’s awareness of the self as a person; it is a theory about the self that explains personal experience.
Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is the individual’s overall positive or negative evaluation of herself or himself.
Intimacy
Intimacy is the ability to share oneself with another; it is characterized by self-disclosure and mutuality.
Agency
Agency is an aspect of mature functioning characterized by assertiveness, mastery, and distinctiveness; it is the complement of communion.
Communion
Communion is an aspect of mature functioning characterized by cooperation and union; it is the complement of agency.
