1. Adolescent Identity Dvpt
Unit 5
Lesson 7

2. Objectives Discuss concept of identity formation in adolescence.
Explore social development of adolescence and the role of peers and family.

3. Warm Up According to Erikson, how does our personality form?
Resolution of 8 crisis at different stages of life.

4. Review When development proceeds normally, a person learns…
I am safe, I am okay
I can make choices, I have self-control
I can do and make, pride in ability
I can successfully join others in doing and making
I can confidently be me
I can risk offering myself to others
I am providing for others and the future
I can accept my life and impending death

5. Erikson and Identity Formation
Step 1: Identity Crisis
Struggle to figure self out
Step 2: Identity Formation
See self as distinct person
Feeling of wholeness
Sense of continuity of self over time
Way you view yourself is way others view you

6. James Marcia on Identity
Adoption of…
Orientation
Values/Ideals
Vocational
Formation involves…
Crisis (Decision-making period)
Commitment (Allegiance to decision)

7. 4 Types of Identity Status
No Commitment
Commitment No
Crisis
Identity Diffusion
Identity Foreclosed
Identity Moratorium
Identity Achieved

8. Marcia Activity Susan – Achieved
For each case study, identify the most appropriate identity status- diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, or achievement
Susan – Achieved
Steven – Moratorium
Wendy – Foreclosed
James - Diffusion

9. Parental Influences on Identity
Diana Baumrind (1967)
Parenting Styles
Responsiveness- How sensitive, supportive, involved parents are
Demandingness- Degree to which parents hold expectations for kids and supervise

10. 4 Types of Parenting Styles
Responsive
Unresponsive
De-man-ding
Authoritative
Authoritarian
Un-
de-
man-
ding
Permissive-
Indulgent
Neglectful

11. Baumrind Activity Joe – Authoritarian
For each case study, identify the most appropriate parenting style – authoritarian, authoritative, indulgent, neglectful
Joe – Authoritarian
Morgan – Indulgent
Jimmy – Authoritative
Martha - Neglectful

12. Peer Group and Identity Formation
Peer Groups
Friendships
Girls: More, Few
Boys: Less, Greater
Cliques vs. Crowds
Cliques- small, same gender
Crowds- larger, mixed gender
Positive, Peer Pressure, Destructive, Group, Individual

13. Gender and Identity Formation
Sex Identity
Biological inheritance (parts and pieces)
Sex Role
Standard of behavior for given sex identity
Masculine/Feminine
Androgynous
Increasingly unclear roles or standards

14. Ethnicity and Identity Formation
Thoughts, feeling, behaviors
(Ethnically) Diverse
Society
Beliefs & values
Same-race friendships
Racial and ethnic pride
Interracial
Choose 1
Open and Communicates
Diversity

15. Closure
Name three different influences on identity formation.

16. HW: Adolescence Crossword