Me 3.6b Social-Emotional Development Across the Lifespan: Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood, and Adulthood

Question 1

identity

Answer 1

our sense of self gained through testing and integrating various roles as an adolescent

Question 2

Infancy (to 1 year)

Answer 2

Trust and mistrust. If needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust.

Question 3

Toddlerhood (1-3 years)

Answer 3

Autonorny and shame and doubt. Toddlers learn ot exercise their will and or things for themselves, or they doubt their abilities.

Question 4

Preschool (3-6 years)

Answer 4

Initiative and guilt. Preschoolers learn to initiate tasks and cary out plans, or they feel guilty about their efforts to be independent.

Question 5

Elementary school (6 years to puberty)

Answer 5

Competence (industry) and inferiority.
Children learn the pleasure of applying themselves or tasks, or they feel inferior.

Question 6

Adolescence (teen years into 20s)

Answer 6

Identity and role confusion. Teenagers work at refining a sense of self by testing roles and then integrating them or form a single identity, or they become confused about who
they are.

Question 7

Young adulthood (20s to early 40s)

Answer 7

Intimacy and isolation. Young adults learn to form close relationships and gain the capacity for intimate love, or they feel socially isolated

Question 8

Middle adulthood (40s to 60s)

Answer 8

Generativity and stagnation. Middle-aged people discover a sense of contributing to the world, usually through family and work, or they may feel a lack of purpose.

Question 9

Late adulthood (ate 60s and older)

Answer 9

Integrity and despair. Reflecting on their lives, older adults may feel a sense of satisfaction or failure.

Question 10

Social Identity

Answer 10

our sense of self in relation to our group memberships; the “we” aspect of our self-concept.

Question 11

familial identity

Answer 11

adopting their parents’ values and expectations

Question 12

diffusion stage

Answer 12

Without a clear commitment to an identity.

Question 13

foreclosure

Answer 13

occurs when an individual commits to an identity without exploring options

Question 14

moratorium stage

Answer 14

Teens more actively seek a meaningful identity.

Question 15

identity achievement

Answer 15

a committed sense of self, and a desire to accomplish something personally meaningful that contributes to the world beyond oneself.

Question 16

intimacy

Answer 16

the ability to form close loving relationships

Question 17

social clock

Answer 17

culture’s preferred timing for social events, such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement.

Question 18

generativity

Answer 18

being productive and supporting future generations

Question 19

integrity

Answer 19

a feeling that one’s life has been meaningful and worthwhile.