AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Identity-Foreclosure status is the status for those who have made a commitment to an identity without having explored the options. The individual has not engaged in any identity experimentation and has established an identity based on the choices or values of others.

Detailed explanation-2: -Marcia’s four identity stages are diffusion (low exploration, low commitment), foreclosure (low exploration, high commitment), moratorium (high exploration, low commitment), and achievement (high exploration, high commitment).

Detailed explanation-3: -Marcia (1980) proposed that when individuals enter the identity formation process, they have little awareness or experience with identity exploration or the expectation to commit to an identity.

Detailed explanation-4: -The four identity statuses are achieved, moratorium, foreclosed, and diffused.

Detailed explanation-5: -Upon developing a semi-structured interview for identity research, Marcia proposed Identity Statuses of psychological identity development: Identity Diffusion – the status in which the adolescent does no have a sense of having choices; he or she has not yet made (nor is attempting/willing to make) a commitment.