FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Birth Weight, Suicide Attempt, Cortisol

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Psychosocial development during adolescence is often considered the search for under-standing. Self-expression and self-concept become more & more important. Identity vs. role confusion: erikson"s term for the 5th stage of development, in which the person tries to figure out. Who am i? but is confused as to which of many possible roles to adopt. Identity achievement: erikson"s term for the attainment of identity, or the point at which a person understands who he or she is as a unique individual, in accord w/ past experiences and future plans. Erikson"s insights have inspired thousands of researchers. Over the past 50 years, major psychosocial shifts have lengthened the duration of adolescence & made identity achievement tougher. Several aspects of the search for identity, especially sexual & vocational identity, have become more arduous than when erikson wrote about them. Development beliefs identity crises hasn"t ended by 18.