EPSY 256 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Psychoanalysis, Ethnography, Identity Formation
9 May 2020
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Each period of life is characterized by a distinctive developmental issue or. Identity formation is founded partly on identifications made in childhood: for example, children identify with parents, adolescents reflect on identifications and decide which they want to embrace. Psychosocial moratorium: a period when adult responsibilities are postponed as young people try on various possible selves. Inspired by erikson"s theory, marcia constructed the identity status. Interview that classified adolescents into one of four identity statuses. Figure 6. 3 changes in identity status with age. The numbers indicate the percentage of people in each identity status category at each age. The most common form of identity is postmodern identity. Postmodern identity: a conception of identity as complex and as highly variable across contexts and across time. Post-modern identity changes across contexts and changes continuously throughout the life course: globalization. No gender difference in identity and intimacy patterns. Psychosocial moratorium is more possible in some cultures than in others.
