Human Behavior

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role confusion

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people are unable to integrate their many roles and have difficulty coping w/ conflicting roles.

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ego integrity

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they appreciate their life and are content w/ their accomplishments .

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psychosocial moratorium

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to describe a period of free experimentation before a final sense of identitiy is achieved.

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looking-glass self

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people develop their self-concept in terms of how others relate to them.

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Identity Achievement

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people undergo a period of intense decision making, after much effort they develop a personalized set of values and make their career decisions.

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Foreclosure

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they glide into adulthood w/o experiencing much turbulence or anxiety; decisions concerning both career and values are made relatively early in life; often based on parents values and ideas.

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Idenity Diffusion

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suffer from a lack of decision and direction; although they go through an identity crisis they never resolve it.

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Moratorium

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people who experience intense anxiety during their identity crisis, yet have not made decisions regarding either personal values or a career choice.

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morality

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involves a set of principles regarding what is right and what is wrong.

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preconventional or premoral level

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characterized by giving precedence to self interest; ages 4-10; moral decisions are based on external standards.

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conventional level

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moral thought is based on conforming to conventional roles; ages 10-13; a strong desire to please others and to receive social approval; although moral standards have begun to be internalized, they are still based on what others dictate.

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postconventional level

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involves developing a moral conscience that goes beyond what others say; people contemplate laws and expectations and decide on their own what is right and what is wrong; become independent thinkers.

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justice perspective

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each person functions independently and makes moral decisions on an individual basis

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care perspective

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views people in terms of their connectedness w/ others and emphasizes interpersonal communication, relationships w/ others, and concern for others; in other word women tend to view morality in terms of personal situations.

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Level 1: Orientation to Personal Survival

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focuses purely on the woman's self-interst; the needs and well being of others aren't considered.

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Level 2: Goodness as Self-Sacrifice

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involves putting aside one's own needs and wishes; the well-being of others becomes important; the "good" thing to do is to sacrifice herself so that others may benefit.

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Level 3: The Morality of Nonviolent Responsibility

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involves women thinking in terms of the reprecussions of their decisions and actions;a woman's thinking has progressed beyond mere concern for what others will think about what she does; rather it involves accepting responsibility for making her own decisions.

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Transition 1: Transition from Personal Selfishness to Responsibility

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involves a movement in moral thought from consideration only of self to some consideration of the others involved.

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Transition 2: From Goodness to Reality

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women begin to examine their situations more objectively; they draw away from depending on others to tell them what they should do.

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spirituality

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one's values, beliefs, mission, awareness, subjectively, experience, sense of purpose and direction, and a kind of striving toward something greater than oneself.

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religion

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refers to a set of beliefs and practices of an organized religious institution.

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assertiveness

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behavior that is straight forward but not offensive; non-verbal or verbal; involves taking into account your own rights and the rights of others.

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assertive communication

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involves nonverbal and verbal behavior that permits speakers to make points clearly and straightforwardly; take into account their own value system and the values of whoever is receiving their messages.

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aggressive communication

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involves bold and dominant verbal and nonverbal behavior in which a speaker presses his or her point of view as taking precedence over all others; consider only their views as important and devalue what the receiver has to say.

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nonassertive communication

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the opposite of aggressive; speakers devalue themselves; they feel that what the other person involved thinks is much more important then their own thoughts.