PSY 2070C Study Guide - Final Guide: Cognitive Dissonance, Gynecomastia, Mental Model

• School: St. John's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2070C
• Professor: Richard Ozehosky

Document Summary

54 different diseases and injuries from alcohol abuse - stds, suicide more likely, primitive behavior can be described psychologically a shit show. Identity diffusion is the status of individuals who have not yet experienced a crisis or made any commitments. Not only are they undecided about occupational and ideological choices, they are also likely to show little interest in such matters. Identity foreclosure is the status of individuals who have made a commitment but not experienced a crisis. This occurs most often when parents hand down commitments to their adolescents, usually in an authoritarian way, before adolescents have had a chance to explore different approaches, ideologies, and vocations on their own. Identity moratorium is the status of individuals who are in the midst of a crisis but whose commitments are either absent or are only vaguely defined. Identity achievement is the status of individuals who have undergone a crisis and made a commitment.