FMST 210 Final: Chapter 8 Independent Questions
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Chapter 8 iqs: social and personality development in adolescence: theories of social and personality development, psychoanalytic perspectives. A period during which an adolescent is troubled by his lack of an identity. The psychological state of emotional turmoil that arises when an adolescent"s sense of self becomes. Erikson believed that adolescent s tendency to identify with peer groups is a defence against the emotional turmoil engendered by the identity crisis. He claimed that teens protect themselves against the unpleasant emotions of the identity crisis by merging their individual identities with that of a group. Crisis: marcia means a period of decision making when old values and old choices are re-examined. This may occur as an upheavel the classic notion of crisis or it may occur gradually. Moratorium: a crisis is in progress, but no commitment has yet been made (iii) foreclosure: the person has made a commitment without having gone though a crisis. No reassessment of old positions has been made.
