FMST 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Peer Pressure, Reference Group
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Chapter 12 independent questions: theories of social and personality development, psychoanalytic perspectives. Teens protect themselves against unpleasant emotions of identity crisis by merging their individual identities with that of a group. In adolescence, the focus is on forming an identity, which consists of crisis, and commitment. Crisis: a period of decision-making when old values and old choices are re-examined. This may occur as an upheaval or gradually. (challenge your beliefs, worldviews) You must commit to certain aspects of the self. (commitment comes as a result of re-evaluation due to crisis. Commitment may be a specific role, value, goal, or ideology. ) (b) based on the two dimensions in 2a, four identity types emerge. Gender role - see lecture templates - ch. Ethnic identity: summarize the key points and research findings in this section. Over 70 distinct ethnic identities in canada (varying linguistic, national, regional, racial, religious groupings) Ethnic identity: includes self-identification as a member of a specific group.
