Studied by 3 people
young adults
people who struggle most with identity
same
feminists argue that identity and intimacy occur at the _______ time for women (not identity first)
religious
Koestner started taekwondo so he bought a gee (outfit) but his mom found it and thought he was in the Moonies, a ________ cult
Moonies
religious cult targeting middle class young people and assign you a partner to marry
childhood
Freud's theory focused too much on early _______
impact
the identity stage is very important because it will _______ all other stages afterward
identity
mainly about exploring and ultimately committing to specific life goals and values for the long haul [career goals] [values]
anxious
young adults who haven't settled on a career direction are more lost and ________
James Marcia
psychologist who developed the four stages of identity statuses
exploration
genuinely looking at and experimenting with alternative beliefs and directions that may be different from parents (ex: religion)
commitment
choosing to pursue certain roles and outlooks that define how you see yourself fitting into adult world
question
even with the 8 stages, it is always possible to __________ yourself
occupational, personal
areas of identity: _______ goals and ______ ideology (political/religious beliefs)
ideal
identity achievement is the ____ status
skipped
people in the status of foreclosure _______ stages of identity diffusion + moratorium (2 first stages)
solid
people in the status of foreclosure are vulnerable and don't have a _______ identity
20%
% of students who are in identity achieved
25%
% of students who are in identity diffusion
stress, difficulty
people in the statuses of identity diffusion and foreclosure both don't handle the ______ well and have _____ with intimacy
N, are
when struggling with our identity, it might make us look more _______ and more inhibited than we really ______
decreases, increases
once we get an identity, N _____ and social assertiveness _______
Peter Parker
character who is in the stage of foreclosure
high, low
people in moratorium status have _______ N and _______ social assertiveness
achievement
people who show reflective confidence are in the status of ______
explore, foreclosure
a criticism is that not all families encourage children to ______ (immigrants), so they end up in the ______ status
changed
Self-esteem study by Marcia: after getting feedback (+/-), people in diffusion and foreclosure statuses ______ their self-esteem a lot
not
Self-esteem study by Marcia: after getting feedback (+/-), people in moratorium and achievement statuses did _____ change their self-esteem
more
overtime, there are _____ people coming into achievement and moratorium statuses
Seinfeld
characters from _________ are in the stereotyped status of intimacy
Sheldon
character from Big Bang Theory who becomes in the pre-intimate status of intimacy
Friends
TV show in which people are in the pre-intimate status of intimacy
Pam and Jim
characters who get to the intimate status of intimacy
developmental
problematic personality traits may reflect ______ struggle
cultural
there are ______ and sub-_______ differences in the encouragement to explore identity
historical
there are ________ changes (norms) in the timing of identity and commitments
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