Self/Identity Terms from Ch. 11 Child Development

Personal investment in identity.

Consists of two dimensions:
1.) Mutuality: Sensitivity to and
respect for others' views;
2.) Permeability: Openness to others' views.

A period of identity development during which the adolescent is choosing among meaningful alternatives.

An enduring aspect of the self that includes a sense of membership in an ethnic group, along with the attitudes and feelings related to that membership.

Marcia's term for the status of individuals who have undergone a crisis and made a commitment.

Marcia's term for the status of individuals who have not yet experienced a crisis (that is, they have not yet explored meaningful alternatives) or made any commitments.

Marcia's term for the status of individuals who have made a commitment but have not experienced a crisis.

Marcia's term for the status of individuals who are in the midst of a crisis, but whose commitments either are absent or vaguely defined.

Erikson's fifth developmental stage, which individuals experience during the adolescent years. At this time, adolescents examine who they are, what they are all about, and where they are going in life.

Consists of two dimensions:
1.) Self-Assertion: The ability to have and communicate a point of view;
2.) Separateness: The use of communication patterns to express how one is different from others.

The ability to assume others' perspective and understand their thoughts or feelings.

What an individual might become, what the person would like to become, and what the person is afraid of becoming.

Erikson's term for the gap between childhood security and adult autonomy that adolescents experience as part of their identity exploration.

Domain-specific self-evaluations.

The global evaluative dimension of the self; also called self-worth or self-image.