Identify the four categories of adolescent identity according to Marcia

What will be an ideal response?


A good answer wound include the following key points:
- Identity achievement. Teenagers within this identity status have successfully explored and thought through who they are and what they want to do.
- Identity foreclosure. These are adolescents who have committed to an identity, but who did not do it by passing through a period of crisis, in which they explored alternatives.
- Moratorium. The status of adolescents who may have explored various identity alternatives to some degree, but who have not yet committed themselves.
- Identity diffusion. Adolescents in this category neither explore nor commit to consider various alternatives.

Psychology

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Hilary’s parents moved to a suburb where they lived right across from a church. Hilary was involved in a youth group and an after school program there. Through their choice of residence and church, Hilary’s parents acted as gatekeepers for Hilary’s opportunities

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Which of the following disorders is least likely to co-occur with eating disorders?

a. depression b. anxiety c. obsessive–compulsive disorder d. ADHD

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What legal ruling established that defendants can be acquitted of a crime if it is proven that during the act of the crime the individual did not know the nature of his or her actions or did not know that what he or she was doing was wrong?

a. The American Law Institute's Model Penal Code b. the Durham Rule c. the M'Naghten Rule d. irresistible impulse

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According to the article Wolf in Sheepdog's Clothing, the contemporaryview that is taken about the source

of the behavior of the dogs is that the behavior results from (a) instinct (b) learning (c) food rewards (d) many components, it is multidetermined

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