The Self And Identity

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Self-Understanding

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

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Possible Self

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

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Social Cognition

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

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Perspective Taking

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

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Self-Esteem

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

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Self-Concept

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Domain-specific self-evaluations.

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Identity versus Identity Confusion

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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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Psychosocial Moratorium

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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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Crisis

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

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Commitment

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Personal investment in identity.

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Identity Diffusion

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

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Identity Foreclosure

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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

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

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Identity Achievement

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

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Individuality

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Consists of two dimensions: self-assertion, the ability to have and communicate a point of view; and separateness, the use of communication patterns to express how one is different from others.

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Connectedness

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Consists of two dimensions: mutuality, sensitivity to and respect for others' views; and permeability, openness to others' views.

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Ethnic Identity

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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.