PSCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Lawrence Kohlberg, Schizophrenia, James Marcia
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Essence and identity and identity (cid:862)status(cid:863): 9/29/2016 lecture notes. James marcia (on identity: identity has been called a sense, an attitude, a resolution, and so on. I would like to propose another way of constructing identity: as a self-structure an internal, self constructed, dynamic organization of drives, abilities, beliefs, and individual history. The better developed this structure is, the more aware individuals appear to be of their own uniqueness and similarity to others: marcia identifies four identity statuses. Identity diffusion: directio(cid:374)less, ha(cid:448)e(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:373)plated life path e(cid:454)te(cid:374)si(cid:448)el(cid:455) Foreclosure: others impose an identity and life path. Moratoriu(cid:373): co(cid:374)sidered (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) optio(cid:374)s, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it to a(cid:374)(cid:455) o(cid:374)e thi(cid:374)g. Identity achievement: committed to a life and/or career path: e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)i(cid:374)g stress: a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d (cid:862)midlife crisis(cid:863) Why the contradiction: cultural beliefs (crisis at midlife) vs research (no crisis at age 40) Moral development: thinking about the moral domain. What"s the (cid:373)oral do(cid:373)ai(cid:374: enduring/unchangeable principles of right/wrong especially with regard to.