CHAD 168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: James Marcia, Identity Crisis, Cognitive Flexibility

• School: SJSU
• Department: Child and Adolescent Development, Department of
• Course: CHAD 168
• Professor: Kristine Connell

Document Summary

Identity = firm understanding of who you are. Identity crisis/confusion = uncertainty and discomfort because of confusion regarding their present and future roles in life. James marcia 4 identity outcomes future life directions. Identity diffusion haven"t thought about or resolved identity issues and haven"t charted. Foreclosure committed to an identity but without deciding what is really best for them. Moratorium identity crisis actively seeking out answers to questions about life. Identity achievement resolved identity crisis and make personal commitments to goals, commitments beliefs and values. Identity achievement - associated with high self-esteem, cognitive flexibility, more mature moral reasoning, clearer goal setting, and better goal achievement. Identity foreclosure - more authoritarian and inflexible and more susceptible to extreme ideologies and movements, such as cults or radical political movements. Identity moratorium - anxious and intense, often have strained or ambivalent relationships with their parents and other authority figures; better adjusted than foreclosed or diffused identity status.