Summary: Psyc20008

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• 1 Identity

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• What does Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory of ego development describe?

  It described the impact of social experience across the whole lifespan. How we interact with others is what affects our sense of self

• What are psychosocial crises driven by?

  Dialectical experiences - two psychosocial experiences that are opposite to each other but you need to experience one to appreciate the other

• Relationship between crises in earlier life periods vs later life periods

  How a person addresses that crisis corresponds with how they address the crisis in later life periods

• What are identity statuses? And who is it by?

  The ways in which a late adolescent might be found to be dealing with the identity issue. By Marcia

• Identity foreclosure [commitment and exploration]

  People who don't explore but commit to their identity

• What do identity statuses represent/not represent?

  It represents how the person’s identity is at that point in time, these don’t represent any level of identity achievement.
  
  Think of a Facebook status - is having one status better than the other? No, it just describes how you're feeling

• What are Identity styles?

  The characteristic orientations that inform decision-making as part of the process of identity formation

• What are the 3 identity styles?

  Informational - Seeking information from various sources
  
  Normative - Deferring to authority & trends 
  
  Diffuse/avoidant - Avoidance of exploration, unwillingness to make decisions

• Which identity status is informational style correlated with?

  Those that explore identity (achievement & moratorium)

• Which identity status is normative style associated with?

  Those who commit but don’t explore (foreclosure)