DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
ADULTHOOD PHYSICAL COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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completion and confusion.
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commitment and confusion.
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commitment and crisis.
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completion and crisis.
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Detailed explanation-1: -His theory of identity achievement states that there are two distinct parts contributing to the achievement of adolescent identity: a time of choosing or crisis, and a commitment.
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: -Identity crisis can be analyzed in two dimensions: Exploration and Commitment, distinguished by Marcia (1966).
Detailed explanation-4: -Marcia (1966) based his theory of adolescent identity development on Erikson’s (1950/1980) theory of psychosocial identity development and identified four identity statuses: identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, identity moratorium, and identity achievement.