01:830:333 Study Guide - Final Guide: Peer Support, James Marcia

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Chapter 6 Self, Identity Review questions
1. What are reasons that identity is an adolescent issue?
a. Physical changes of puberty affects self-esteem
b. Cognitive changes of how one thinks about their future self, their future in
general, and how they want to develop that
i. Sense of identity
2. What are the three ways in which identity or self development has been studied.
Be sure you can explain the differences among these three ways of looking at
self or identity.
a. One’s sense of identity
b. A person’s description of themselves, their thoughts about themselves
c. How positive or negative these descriptions are
3. How does self-conception change from childhood to adolescence? What does it
mean that self-conception becomes better organized and integrated?
a. Self conceptions become complex
b. Self conceptions become organized and integrated because they become
more coherent
4. What is false self-behavior? In which situations are adolescents more likely to
show it? Think of examples from your own past.
a. False self behavior- acting in a way that one knows is unauthentic
b. Usually happens when you’re trying to impress someone
5. What is self-esteem? Explain the difference between baseline self-esteem and
barometric self-esteem.
a. Self-esteem is how a person feels about themselves, including positive
and negative thoughts
b. Baseline self-esteem is a level of positive and negative feelings about the
self that is fairly subtle over time
c. barometric self-esteem is temporary changes in positive or negative
feelings about the self that occur in response to particular incidents
6. What happens to barometric self-esteem during early adolescence?
a. It shifts a lot
7. Explain the notion of multidimensional self-esteem.
a. There’s self esteem regarding different things
8. What are the main sex-differences in self-esteem? What are the causes thought
to be?
a. Self esteem is higher in boys
b. But it decreases over time for girls
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