EPPP Psychology

Category - Growth and Lifespan Development

According to Marcia, adolescents who have not experienced identity crisis but have adopted their parent’s ideologies are at what stage?
  1. Identity Foreclosure
  2. Identity Achievement
  3. Identity Diffusion
  4. Identity Moratorium
Explanation
Answer: A - Adolescents at this stage are in identity foreclosure.
During identity foreclosure, adolescents have adopted an identity that has been imposed on them by their same-sex parent. Identity achievement is the last stage of identity development during which adolescents achieve permanent identity. Identity diffusion is the first stage of identity development when an adolescent has neither experienced identity crisis nor formed a permanent identity and identity moratorium is a stage during which adolescents experience identity crisis.
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