Which of the following psychosocial types precedes foreclosure in the adolescent stage of development?

a. Identity achievement
b. Moratorium
c. Social acceptance
d. Identity diffusion


ANS: D
FEEDBACK: An extensive research program on the adolescent stage of development identified five psychosocial types, or statuses, for that period. These are identity achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, identity diffusion, and alienated achievement. Four of these statuses, in the following order (identity diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, and identity achievement), represent increasingly successful resolutions of the identity problem.

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