Week 14 Quiz

Erikson (1950) placed one psychosocial crisis in adolescence. Which crisis is it?

Select one.

• Identity vs. role confusion
• Industry vs. inferiority
• Initiative vs. guilt
• Autonomy vs. shame and doubt

In Dataset I (illustrative), a teen says, "I'm going to be a pharmacist like my mom. I've always known it." Rated on exploration and commitment, which status is this statement keyed to?

Select one.

• Identity achievement
• Identity foreclosure
• Identity moratorium
• Identity diffusion

In Dataset I (illustrative), a teen says, "I'm reading about different faiths and asking a lot of questions before I decide." Which status is this statement keyed to?

Select one.

• Identity foreclosure
• Identity achievement
• Identity moratorium
• Identity diffusion

In record R8 of the running case (illustrative), a 15-year-old at a youth program says they are trying robotics and art and "haven't decided anything." How does this statement stand on Marcia's two dimensions?

Select one.

• Commitment present; exploration absent
• Both absent
• Both present
• Exploration present; commitment absent so far

Identity foreclosure and identity achievement both include a commitment. Which dimension tells the two statuses apart?

Select one.

• Exploration
• Commitment
• Responsiveness
• Demandingness

Which researcher and year are credited with the four identity statuses, from "Development and Validation of Ego-Identity Status"?

Select one.

• Erikson (1950)
• Marcia (1966)
• Elkind (1967)
• Baumrind (1966)

Dataset I (illustrative) holds 8 statements, 2 keyed to each of the four statuses. What share of the 8 statements carry a commitment?

Select one.

• 25 percent
• 75 percent
• 50 percent
• 100 percent

True or false: when parent–adolescent conflict rises in early adolescence, it shows that closeness between the parent and the teen has ended.

True or false.

• True
• False

In Dataset E, which of Erikson's crises comes directly before identity vs. role confusion?

Select one.

• Initiative vs. guilt
• Trust vs. mistrust
• Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
• Industry vs. inferiority

An illustrative survey finds that teens who report more hours on social media also report lower well-being. No one was randomly assigned to use more or less. Which conclusion does this design support?

Select one.

• The two go together, but the design cannot show which causes which
• Heavy social media use causes lower well-being in teens
• Lower well-being causes teens to use more social media
• Social media has no connection to teen well-being