Identity & Social Development {19} Flashcards
Define:
Emerging Adulthood?
The phase between adolescence and young adulthood
18-25
Identify:
Key Features of Emerging Adulthood?
1. Identity Exploration - Who am I really?
2. Instability - Job Relationships Education
3. Self-Focused - Stage of Living Alone
4. Feeling-in-Between - Between both adolescence and adulthood
5. Age of possibilities - Anything is possible for the future
Identify:
Four Issues of identity formation?
1. Career Identity - After school, peopel do soul searching to figure out how they will spend their time and their life goals
2. Sexual Identity/Orientation - Questions about sexual preferences… occurs in adolescence 17- early 20s
4. Gender Identity - Questions about gender (trans, male, female, nonbinary)
5. Ethnic Identity - Questions about race heritage… usually occurs within mixed or biracial people
Define & Identify:
What is Young Adulthood?
Varying Criteria?
- Financial and living arrangments have settled down
- People marry or form other long-term partnerships
- Usually occurs in the 20s
Different Thresholds based on different culture
Identify:
Historical Changes of Marriage and Parenting?
- Average age of marriage increased from early 20s to late 20s
- Women tend to marry a bit earlier
- Age at which people get children has increased
Explain:
Why have there been historical changes in marriage and parenting?
Marriage
- More people are pursuing higher education
- More people are living together prior to marraige
Parenthood
- EDUCATION!!!
Define:
Erikson’s Theory of Social-Emotional Development?
Personality develops through a series of stages…
Focuses on role of social Interaction and relationships on development
Identify:
8 Stages of E’s Psycho- Social Theory?
- Trust vs. Mistrust
- Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt
- Initiative vs. Guilt
- Industry vs. Inferiority
- Identity vs. Confusion
- Intimacy vs. Isolation
- Generativity vs. Stagnation
- Integrity vs. Despair
Define:
Conflict?
Turning Points in development
Conflict = STAGES of DEVELOPMENT
Explain:
Trust vs. Mistrust
Age Range? Other Info?
Infancy
Trust
Gained through dependability & quality of the caregivers
Mistrust
Lack of dependability & Care
0-1.5
Explain:
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Age Range? Other Info?
Early Childhood
Autonomy
Children gain a little more independence
Shame & Doubt
Failure to do tasks that merit personal control
1.5-3; Potty Training, Food Choices, Toy Preferences, Clothing Selection
**Balance of 2 = Will (the will to achieve something)
Explain:
Initiative vs. Guilt?
Age Range? Other Info?
Preschool
Initiative
Asserting Control and power over their enviroment
Guilt
Chdilren who try to exert too much power and control over environment
3-5;
Balance of the 2 = Purpose
Explain:
Industry vs. Inferiority
Age Range? Other Info?
Elementary School
Industry
Children who develop a sense of pride from coping with social and academic demands
Inferiority
Failure to cope with new social and academic demands
5-11
Balance = Competence and Belief in skills
Explain:
Identity vs. Confusion
Age Range? Other Info?
Adolescence
Identity
Proper encouragement and reinforcement through personal exploration of self
Confusion
Unsureness of beliefs and desires about oneself and their future
10-20; Turbulent Teenage Years
Explain:
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Age Range? Other Info?
Young Adulthood
Intimacy
People who develop intimate, close, and loving relationshsips with other people
Isolation
Failing to develop close and intimate relationships with other people
People who struggle with Identity have struggle w/ Isolation
19-40;
Successful Resolution = Virtue of Love
Explain:
Generativity vs. Stagnation
Age Range? Other Info?
Middle Adulthood
Generativity
The feeling of contributing to the world (through children, work, lives)
Stagnation
Shallow involvement in the world, or belief that you are unproductive and uninvolved in the world
40-65
Virtue of Care is achieved
Explain:
Ego Integrity vs. Despair
Age Range? Other Info?
Maturity
Ego Integrity
Reflecting back on life to determine if
Despair
Feeling regretful and bitter at a life they felt was not lived to its fullest
65 & Up
Attainment of Wisdom
Identify:
Strengths & Weaknesses of Erikson’s Theory
Criticism
The methods of moving from one stage to the other is unclear
Support
Provides a broad framework from which to view developemnt throughout the ENTIRE lifespan
Explain & Identify:
Marcia’s 4 Identity Status Theory?
What Age Range does this describe?
One’s sense of identity is determined largely by the choice and commitments made regarding certain personal and social traits
Statuses:
1. Identity Diffusion
2. Identity Foreclosure
3. Identity Moratorium
4. Identity Achievement
ADOLESCENCE
Identity Diffusion?
Statuses of Marcia’s Theory
Does not have a sense of having choices… not willing to make a commitment
Identity Foreclosure?
Statuses of Marcia’s Theory
- Adolescent seems willing to commit to some relevant roles, values, or goals for the future
- Conform to the expectations of others
- Have not experienced an identity crisis
Identity Moratorium?
Statuses of Marcia’s Theory
- Adolescents are currently in a crisis, exploring various commitments and is ready to make choice but commited to one yet
Identity Achievement?
Statuses of Marcia’s Theory
Gone through an identity crisis and made a commitment to a sense of identty that he or she has chosen
