Since Jerry became an adolescent, he has experimented with different roles and personalities. Jerry's parents are telling all their friends that this is just a "phase" that he's going through. According to Erikson, this "phase" is called:

A) identity foreclosure.
B) psychosocial moratorium.
C) identity confusion.
D) negative identity.


Answer: B) psychosocial moratorium.

Psychology

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