CHAPTER 2: PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE

IDENTITY

• a coherent conception of the self, made up of goals, values, and beliefs to which a person is solidly committed.

  
  

IDENTITY VERSUS IDENTITY CONFUSION

• Erikson’s fifth stage of psychosocial development, in which an adolescent seeks to develop a coherent sense of self, including the role she or he is to play in society. 

  
  

FIDELITY

• Sustained loyalty, faith, or sense of belonging that results from the successful resolution of Erikson’s identity versus identity confusion psychosocial stage of development.

  
  

CRISIS

• Marcia’s term for period of conscious decision making related to identity formation.

  
  

COMMITMENT

• Marcia’s term for personal investment in an occupation or system of beliefs. 

  
  

IDENTITY ACHIEVEMENT

• (crisis leading to commitment)

  • Identity status, described by Marcia, that is characterized by commitment to choices made following a crisis, a period spent in exploring alternatives

    
    

FORECLOSURE

• (commitment without crisis)

• Identity status, described by Marcia, in which a person who has not spent time considering alternatives (that is, has not been in crisis) is committed to other people’s plans for his or her life.

MORATORIUM

• (crisis with no commitment yet)

  • Identity status, described by Marcia, in which a person is currently considering alternatives (in crisis) and seems headed for commitment.

IDENTITY DIFFUSION

• (no commitment, no crisis)

  • Identity status, described by Marcia, that is characterized by absence of commitment and lack of serious consideration of alternatives.

    
    

CULTURAL SOCIALIZATION

• Parental practices that teach children about their racial/ethnic heritage and promote cultural practices and cultural pride.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

• Focus of consistent sexual, romantic, and affectionate interest, either heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual.

  • whether that person will consistently be sexually attracted to persons of the other sex (heterosexual), of the same sex (homosexual), or of both sexes (bisexual)

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIs)

• Infections and diseases spread by sexual contact.

ADOLESCENT REBELLION

•  Pattern of emotional turmoil, characteristic of a minority of adolescents, that may involve conflict with family, alienation from adult society, reckless behavior, and rejection of adult values.

  
  

INDIVIDUATION

• Adolescents’ struggle for autonomy and personal identity.