PSYC 4070 : Test 3 Notes
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Adolescence new pressures, more independent, search for who they are/where they"re going. Social environment, relations with parents, siblings, and peers change. Erikson"s most important crises: identity vs. role confusion in adolescence, teens try to figure out who they are. Erikson"s stage: identity vs. role confusion/diffusion must create separate identity from parents. When he went to college no one there really knew him, it let him reinvent himself this ability to change identities is becoming more difficult due to social medias. This peaks at about 11 years old: peer acceptance becomes primarily important around 15 years old, relationships and becoming independent from your parents [girls at 15 and boys at 17], erikson"s theory centers on males. Manhood. : teenage males can form weird idea about being a man; this is a direct result of no man to teach them, gang membership stops role diffusion.
