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Identity Flashcards

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identity encompasses:

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all complexities of how we view ourselves and our relationship to the world around us

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identity essentially represents the first:

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substantial reorganization and restructuring of your sense of self

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changes in cognition include:

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possible selves and future orientation

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changes in the social landscape include:

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self conceptions, self esteem, sense of identity

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possible selves:

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various identities an adolescent might imagine for themselves

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future orientation:

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the extent to which someone is able and inclined to think about consequences of decision and choices

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self conceptions:

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collection of traits and attributes that individuals use to describe or characterize themselves as

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self esteem:

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degree to which individuals feel positively or negatively about themselves

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sense of identity:

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extent to which individuals feel secure about who they are and who they’re becoming

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as adolescents mature, they conceive themselves in more sophisticated ways including being more: (3)

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  1. capable of considering abstract concepts than children
  2. able to process large amounts of info
  3. likely to use complex, psychological self characterizations
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during early adolescence, America teens describe themselves with reference to their:

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social and personal characteristics. Chinese teens use these less and less

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differentiation in self concept includes: (2)

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  1. linking traits and attributes describing themselves to specific situations
  2. taking into account who is doing the describing
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steps of organization and integrations of the self concept: (3)

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  1. recognition of multifaceted, contradictory personality
  2. initial stress about inconsistencies and recognition of advantages in long run
  3. able to distinguish between one’s self, and the ideal self, and the feared self
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adolescents become able to distinguish between:

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their authentic selves and inauthentic selves

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false-self behavior:

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behavior that intentionally presents a false impression to others

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true or false: adolescents dislike false self behavior but also believe it is sometimes acceptable

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true

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false self behavior is linked to:

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self esteem, and increased depression and hopelessness bc it devalues their true sense of self

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5 factor model includes these 5 dimensions to personality:

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  1. extraversion
  2. agreeableness
  3. conscientiousness
  4. neurotisicm
  5. openness
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extraversion high and low traits:

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high: excitement seeking, attention seeking
low: social withdrawal, detached coldness

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neuroticism high traits and low traits:

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high: depressively, emotional lability, shamefulness low: fearlessness, shamelessness

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openness high and low traits:

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high: magical thinking, eccentricity
low: inflexible, close minded

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agreeableness high and low traits:

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high: submissiveness, selflessness, gullibility
low: deceitfulness, manipulativeness, callousness

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conscientiousness high and low traits:

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high: perfectionism, workaholism
low: distractibility, irresponsibility, rashness

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temperament:

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individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are independent of learning, system of values, and attitudes

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25
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early in life, temperament tends to influence _____ more than _____

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personality; environment

26
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both temperament and personality become increasingly:

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stable as we grow older

27
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over the course of adolescence, few changes occur in:

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personality characteristics

28
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stability:

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extent to which individual’s particular trait stays more or less the same over time

29
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self esteem becomes increasingly:

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stable during ado

30
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self consciousness:

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degree to which a person is preoccupied with his or her self image

31
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self image stability:

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degree to which an individual’s self image changes from day to day

32
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factors that may be due to self image fluctuations in early adolescence:

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  1. egocentrism may make young adolescents painfully aware of others reactions to their behavior
  2. adolescents learn it isn’t always possible to tell what ppl are thinking
  3. adolescents are interested in peer’s opinions of them
33
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studies of age differences in self esteem hide:

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differences among self esteem issues among people of same age. self esteem levels vary in different areas bc of each persons differentiated views of themselves

34
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___ self esteem is higher than ___ self esteem

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boys; girls

35
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girls have self esteem issues based on ____ _____

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physics attractiveness

36
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self esteem derived from peers rather than teachers or parents leads to more:

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behavioral problems and poorer school achievement

37
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identity versus identify diffusion Erickson thought:

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the normative crisis characteristic of the fifth sage of psychosocial development, prominent during adolescence

38
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5th stage of psychosocial development essentially reflects:

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the need to establish a meaningful set concept in which the past, present, and future are brought together to form a meaningful whole

39
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adolescents identity results from mutual recognition between:

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the young person and society

40
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psychosocial moratorium:

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period during which people are free from excessive obligations and can therefore experiment with different roles and personalities

41
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according to Erickson, psychosocial moratorium is:

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necessary due to complications of identity development in modern socieity

42
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erikson views the person moving through ___ psychological crises throughout lifetime

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8

43
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problems in identity development commonly result when:

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someone has not successfully resolved earlier crises or when adolescent is in an environment that does not provide necessary period of moratorium

44
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erikson focused on 3 different problems:

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  1. identity diffusion
  2. identity foreclosure
  3. negative identity
45
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identity diffusion:

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incoherent, disjointed and incomplete sense of self that is characteristic of not having resolved crisis of identity

46
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identity diffusion crises examples:

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disruptions in sense of time, excessive self conciousness, work and school issues, difficulties forming intimate relationships, concerns over sexuality

47
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identity foreclosure:

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premature establishment of a sense of identity before role experimentation has occures

48
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roles adopted in identity foreclosure often revolve around:

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goals set by parents or other authority figures. ultimately interferes with individuals discovery of full range potential

49
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negative identity:

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selection of identity that is undesirable in the eyes of significant others and the broader community

50
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negative identity is an attempt to forge:

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sense of self definition when it is difficult to establish an acceptable identity. would rather be somebody “bad” than nobody at all.

51
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eriksons approach is called:

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normative stage approach

52
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in contrats to normative stage approach, most research these days focuses on:

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individual differences approach

53
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identity status:

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the point in the identity development process that characterizes an adolescent at a given time

54
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researches variety of approaches to determine a persons identity status includes: (3)

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  1. exploration and commitment
  2. exploration in depth and exploration in breadth
  3. dynamic process involving alternating commitment and exploration
55
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diagram of the identity statuses provides a model of understanding:

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where a person falls in terms of a specific aspect of their identity

56
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diagram of the identity statuses model includes 4 boxes that say:

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identity diffused, identity foreclosed, moratorium, identity achieved

57
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in low commitment section in diagram by James Marcia, there is:

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identity diffused and moratorium

58
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in high commitment section there is:

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identity foreclosed and identity achieved

59
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in low crisis exploration, there is:

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identity diffused and identity foreclosed

60
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in high crisis exploration there is:

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moratorium and identity achieved

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