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Since Jerry became an adolescent, he has experimented with different roles and personalities. Jerry's parents are telling all their friends that this is just a "phase" that he's going through. According to Erikson, this "phase" is called:
A) identity foreclosure.
B) psychosocial moratorium.
C) identity confusion.
D) negative identity.
Answer:
According to Erikson, this "phase" is called: B) psychosocial moratorium.
Step-by-step explanation:
Psychosocial moratorium comes from James Marcia's refining Erik Erikson's theory with a focus on teenagers. According to Marcia, teenagers go through four stages: diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, and achievement. The stage called moratorium is characterized by an identity crisis. Adolescents at this stage are ready to explore different identities, but not to commit. They have several different experiences as a means to finding out who they are, but still have difficulties when it comes to making choices. That is clearly the case with Jerry, since he is experimenting with different roles and personalities.