NARCISSISM

A SELF-CENTERED AND SELF-CONCERNED APPROACH TOWARD OTHERS

CRISIS

MARCIA'S TERM FOR A PERIOD OF IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT DURING WHICH THE ADOLESCENT CHOOSES AMONG MEANINGFUL ALTERNATIVES

COMMITMENT

MARCIA'S TERM FOR THE PART OF IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH ADOLESCENTS SHOW A PERSONAL INVESTMENT IN WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO

IDENTITY DIFFUSION

MARCIA'S TERM FOR ADOLESCENTS WHO HAVE NOT YET EXPERIENCED A CRISIS (EXPLORED MEANINGFUL ALTERNATIVES) OR MADE ANY COMMITMENTS

IDENTITY FORECLOSURE

MARCIA'S TERM FOR ADOLESCENTS WHO HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT BUT HAVE NOT EXPERIENCES A CRISIS

IDENTITY MORATORIUM

MARCIAS TERM FOR ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE IN THE MIDST OF A CRISIS BUT WHOSE COMMITMENTS ARE EITHER ABSENT OR VAGUELY DEFINED

IDENTITY ACHIEVEMENT

MARCIA'S TERM FOR ADOLESCENTS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE A CRISIS AND HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT A SELF- CENTERED AND SELF -CONCERNED APPROACH TOWARD OTHERS

ETHNIC IDENTITY

AN ENDURING, BASIC ASPECT OF THE SELF THAT INCLUDES A SENSE OF MEMBERSHIP IN AN ETHNIC GROUP AND THE ATTITUDES AND FEELINGS RELATED TO THAT MEMBERSHIP

CLIQUE

A SMALL GROUP THAT RANGES FROM 2 TO ABOUT 12 INDIVIDUALS, AVERING ABOUT 5 TO 6 INDIVIDUALS, WHICH CAN FORM BECAUSE ADOLESCENTS ENGAGE IN SIMILAR INTRESTS

CROWD

A LARGER GROUP STRUCTURE THAN A CLIQUE, USUALLY FORMED BASED ON REPUTATION, MEMBERS MAY OR MAY NOT SPEND MUCH TIME TOGETHER

RITE OF PASSAGE

A CEREMONY OR RITUAL THAT MARKS AN INDIVIDUALS TRANSITITION FROM ONE STATUS TO ANOTHER, USUALLY FOCUSES ON THE TRANSITION TO ADULT STATUS

JUVENILE DELINGQUENT

AN ADOLESCENT WHO BRAKS THE LAW OR ENGAGES IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS CONSIDERED ILLEGAL

ERIK ERIKSON

THE FIRST TO UNDERSTAND HOW CENTRAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR WHEREABOUTS, ACTIVITIES, AND FRIENDS IS LINKED TO POSITIVE ADOLESCENTS DEVELOPMENT

JAMES MARCIA

DESCRIBED 4 IDENTITY STATUSES, CLASSIFYING INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THE EXTENT OF THEIR CRISIS OR COMMITMENT

ALAN WATERMAN

FROM THE YEARS PRECEDING HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH THE LAST FEW YEARS OF COLLEGE, THE # OF IDENTITY- ACHIEVED INDIVIDUALS INCREASES

JUDITH SMETANA

ADOLESCENTS DISCLOSURE TO PARENTS ABOUT THEIR WHERABOUTS, ACTIVITIES , & FRIENDS IS LINKED TO POSITIVE ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

HARRY STACK SUULLIVAN

INTIMACY NEEDS INTENSIFY FOR TEENS AND MOTIVATE THEM TO HAVE CLOSE FRIENDS

MARION FORGATCH

IMPROVED PARENTING PRACTICES AND REDUCED CONTACT WITH DEVIANT PEERS ARE LINKED WITH LOWER RATES OF DELIQUENCY