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Self-understanding
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The individual's cognitive representation of the self'; the substance and content of self-conceptions
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Possible self
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What individuals might become, what they would like to become, and what they are afraid of becoming
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Self-esteem
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The global evaluative dimension of the self; also referred to as self-worth, or self image
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Self-concept
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Domain-specific evaluations of the self
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Narcissism
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A self-centered and self-concerned approach toward others
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Identity
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Who a person is, representing a synthesis and integration of self- understanding
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Identity vs. identity confusion
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Erikson's fifth developmental stage, which occurs during adolescence. At this time, individuals are faced with deciding who they are, what they are all about, and where they are going in life
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Psychosocial moratorium
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Erikson's term for the gap between childhood security and adult autonomy that adolescents experience as part of their identity exploration
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Crisis
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A period of identity development during which the adolescent is choosing among meaningful alternatives
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Commitment
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The part of identity development in which adolescents show a personal investment in what they are going to do
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Identity diffusion
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Marcia's term for the state adolescents are in when they have not yet experienced an identity crisis
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Identity foreclosure
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Marcia's term for the state adolescents are in when they have made a commitment but have not experienced an identity crisis
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Identity moratorium
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Marcia's term for the state of adolescents who are in the midst of an identity crisis but who haev not made a clear commitment to an identity
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Identity achievement
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Marcia's term for an adolescents who has undergone an identity crisis and made a commitment
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Individuality
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An important element in adolescent identity development. It consists of two dimensions: self-assertion, the ability to have and communicate a point of view; and separateness, the use of communication patterns to express how one is different from others
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