Self/identity Terms From Ch. 11 Child Development

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Commitment

Back 1

Personal investment in identity.

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Connectedness

Back 2

Consists of two dimensions:
1.) Mutuality: Sensitivity to and
respect for others' views;
2.) Permeability: Openness to others' views.

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Crisis

Back 3

A period of identity development during which the adolescent is choosing among meaningful alternatives.

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Ethnic Identity

Back 4

An enduring aspect of the self that includes a sense of membership in an ethnic group, along with the attitudes and feelings related to that membership.

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Identity Achievement

Back 5

Marcia's term for the status of individuals who have undergone a crisis and made a commitment.

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Identity Diffusion

Back 6

Marcia's term for the status of individuals who have not yet experienced a crisis (that is, they have not yet explored meaningful alternatives) or made any commitments.

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Identity Foreclosure

Back 7

Marcia's term for the status of individuals who have made a commitment but have not experienced a crisis.

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Identity Moratorium

Back 8

Marcia's term for the status of individuals who are in the midst of a crisis, but whose commitments either are absent or vaguely defined.

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Identity vs. Identity Confusion

Back 9

Erikson's fifth developmental stage, which individuals experience during the adolescent years. At this time, adolescents examine who they are, what they are all about, and where they are going in life.

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Individuality

Back 10

Consists of two dimensions:
1.) Self-Assertion: The ability to have and communicate a point of view;
2.) Separateness: The use of communication patterns to express how one is different from others.

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Perspective Taking

Back 11

The ability to assume others' perspective and understand their thoughts or feelings.

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Possible Self

Back 12

What an individual might become, what the person would like to become, and what the person is afraid of becoming.

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Psychosocial Moratorium

Back 13

Erikson's term for the gap between childhood security and adult autonomy that adolescents experience as part of their identity exploration.

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Self-Concept

Back 14

Domain-specific self-evaluations.

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Self-Esteem

Back 15

The global evaluative dimension of the self; also called self-worth or self-image.

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Self-Understanding

Back 16

A child's cognitive representation of the self; the substance and content of a child's self-conceptions.

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Social Cognition

Back 17

The processes involved in understanding the world around us. especially how we think and reason about other people.