Adolescent

• Identity vs role confusion


  Erikson's social development 5th stage which falls under adolescence, where either you're given opportunities to explore who you are and gain independence, or you end up angsty and messed up
• James Marcia


  Proposed that people achieve identity in multiple stages on a commitment-exploration axis
• Identity Foreclosure Marcia stage


  High commitment low exploration identity where people firmly believe what they are without considering being anything else, usually with close communities, family pressure, and religion. 1st stage, when you want to be just like daddy
• Identity Diffusion Marcia stage


  Low commitment low exploration: Identity hasn't been considered. 2nd stage of identity
• Identity Moratorium Marcia stage


  Low commitment high exploration: actively seeking out who you are and what you want to be with a relatively open mind, 3rd stage which usually happens in high school or uni as we get out of our shells
• Identity Achievement Marcia stage


  High commitment high exploration: when individual value, goals, and beliefs have emerged in a person after exploration and introspection, 4th stage when you are a real boy now
• Adolescent egocentrism


  Piaget formal operationalism when people are able to see themselves the way that others view them, like with an imaginary audience or personal fable
• Imaginary audience


  An adolescent's tendency to believe that others are watching and evaluating them, part of adolescent egocentrism
• Personal fable


  An adolescent's belief that they are special and unique, that none of life's difficulties or problems will affect them, leading to risk taking behavior
• In adolescence, your limbic system is fully active, and the prefrontal cortex usually reigns it in, but because it's not fully developed yet, you see mood swings and impusive behavior