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| The various identities an adolescent might imagine for him/her |
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| The extent to which an individual is able and inclined to think about the potential consequences of decisions and choices |
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| The collection of traits and attributes that individuals use to describe or characterize themselves |
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| The degree to which individuals feel positively or negatively about themselves |
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| The extent to which individuals feel secure about who they are and who they are becoming |
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| Behavior that intentionally presents a false impression to others. |
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| The theory that there are 5 basic dimensions to personality; extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. |
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| The degree to which an individual is preoccupied with his or her self-image. |
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| The degree to which an individual feels that his or her self-image changes from day to day. |
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| The aspect of self-esteem that fluctuates across situations |
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| Teh aspect of self-esteem that is relatively stable across situations and over time. |
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| Identity vs. Identity Diffusion |
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| According to Erikson, the normative crisis characteristic of the 5th stage of psychosocial development, predominant during adolescence. |
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| A period during which individuals are free from excessive obligations and responsibilities, and can therefore experiment with different roles ad personalities. |
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| The incoherent, disjointed, incomplete sense of self characteristic of not having resolved the crisis of identity. |
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| The premature establishment of a sense of identity, before sufficient role experimentation has occured |
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| The selection of an identity that is obviously undesirable in the eyes of significant others and the broader community. |
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| The sense that one has an impact on one's world |
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| The aspect of individuals' sense of identity concerning ancestry or racial group membership |
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| The process through which individuals develop an understanding of their racial or ethnic background |
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| Having 2 parents of different ethnic or racial backgrounds |
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| The successful maintenance of an identification with more than one cultural background |
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| Multidimensional Model of Racial Identity (MMRI) |
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| Sellers' perspective on ethnic identity, which emphasizes 3 different phenomena: racial centrality, private regard, public regard |
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| The combination of both highly masculine and highly feminine traits |
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| Gender Intensification Hypothesis |
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| The idea that pressures to behave in sex-appropriate ways intensify during adolescence |
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