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Self, Identity, Pers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| possible selves | what persons may be, would like to be, and are afraid of becoming |
| self esteem | global evaluative dimension of the self |
| self concept | domain specific evaluations of the self |
| identity versus identity confusion | Erikson, adolescents examine who they are, what they are about, and where they are going in life |
| psychosocial moratorium | gap between childhood security and adult autonomy, part of adolescent identity exploration |
| crisis | exploring alternatives during identity development |
| commitment | individuals show personal investment in what they are going to do |
| mama cycle | moratorium, achievement, moratorium, achievement, the pattern for positive identity |
| authoritative parenting style | foster identity |
| authoritarian parenting style | foster identity foreclosure |
| permissive parenting style | foster identity diffusion |
| trait theories | personality is broad dispositions or traits that tend to produce characteristic responses |
| big five factors of personality | openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience |
| generativity | Erikson, encompasses adults desire to leave legace to the next generation in a number of ways |
| stagnation | Erikson, develops when one senses they have done nothing |
| self | all the characteristics of a person |
| identity | who a person is, representing a synthesis and integration of self-understanding |
| personality | the enduring personal characteristics of individuals |
| self-understanding | the individual's cognitive representation of the self, the substance of self-conceptions |
| perspective taking | the ability to assume another person's perspective and understand his or her thoughts and feelings |
| self regulation | the ability to control one's behavior without having to rely on others for help |
| selective optimization with compensation theory | the theory that successful aging is related to three factors: selection, optimization, and compensation |
| four statuses of identity | identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, identity moratorium, identity achievement |
| identity diffusion | no crisis or commitment |
| identity foreclosure | no crisis but a commitment |
| identity moratorium | in the midst of a crisis but no real commitment yet |
| identity achievement | crisis and commitment |
| individuality | characteristic consisting of two dimensions: self assertion and separateness |
| self assertion | the ability to have and communicate a point of view |
| separateness | the use of communication patterns to express how one is different from others |
| connectectedness | characteristic consisting of two dimensions: mutuality and permeability |
| mutuality | sensitivity to and respect for others views |
| permeability | openness to others' views |
| what aids the search for identity in identity vs. identity confusion? | psychosocial moratorium |
| how can you develop a positive identity? | use the MAMA cycle throughout your lifetime |
| Levinson's periods of adult development | adulthood has three main stages that are surrounded by transition periods |
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