CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Erikson’s observations about identity were extended by Marcia, who described four identity statuses:identity diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium and identity achievement. The present article describes the features of these four categories of identity status.

Detailed explanation-3: -The four identity statuses are achieved, moratorium, foreclosed, and diffused.

Detailed explanation-4: -Marcia’s identity status model has been one of the most important elaborations of Erikson’s views on identity formation. Marcia (1966) distinguished four identity statuses, based on the amount of exploration and commitment the adolescent experiences (or has experienced).