PSYCH-190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Identity Formation, Sexual Identity, James Marcia
16 Dec 2020
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Identity is who a person believes he or she is, representing a synthesis and integration of self- understanding. By far the most comprehensive and provocative theory of identity development is that of erik. How can i make it on my own: erikson was the first to realize how central such questions are to understanding adolescent development. Erikson"s ideas on identity: role experimentation (1, 2) Erikson argued that by late adolescence, vocational roles become central to identity development, especially in a highly technological society like that of the united states. Identity is a self-portrait composed of many pieces: vocational/career identity, political identity, religious identity, relationship identity, achievement, intellectual identity, sexual identity, cultural/ethnic identity, personality, physical identity. Contemporary views of identity development suggest that it is a lengthy process, in many instances more gradual and less cataclysmic than erikson"s term crisis implies. Today"s theorists note that this extraordinarily complex process neither begins nor ends with adolescence.
