Adolescents and self/identity

Personal agency (2-3M)

discover that oneself can cause things to happen

Scale error (18-30M)

recognize the scale of an object but tries to do an action that is only appropriate for the full scale version

Self recognition (2Y)

 visual self recognition

Self control

 process to control and regulate behavior and inner feelings

Compliance

ability to obey requests or adapt the standard of behavior given by the care giver 

Delay gratification

 it’s more effective for young children to produce verbal self instruction then resisting in silent temptation

Self esteem

self worth refers to the person’s evaluation of self and the affective reaction to that evaluation

Erikson’s theory

 identity vs confusion (stage 5) adolescence is in a conflict where the child is temporarily in confusion who they are

Marcia theory

 adolescents often experiment with different values in search of their identity

Achieved

went though a crisis but now I know who I am commits

Moratorium

is in crisis now, searching, can’t commit

Foreclosure

I'm committed to what someone else suggested and not questioning it

Diffusion

I haven’t thought about it but neither do I care, haven’t chosen a path and haven’t thought about it

Hypocrisy

 developed the ability to think ideally but lack the consistency, adolescence 

Pseudo stupidity

tendency to approach problems that are too complex and fails

Ego centrism

capacity to think of one's own thoughts leads to more attention to themselves and their ideas