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Identity And Confusion Analysis

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M5: Globalization Writing Assignment
1.) What Erikson tasks/conflicts are these two individuals facing? Explain your reasoning? The Erikson task that the two individuals in the video are facing is the conflict between identity and confusion (Identity vs. Confusion). This task involves adolescents questioning their identity and their future (Spielman, et al., 2014). In the film, the children are having distress separating themselves from their parents’ beliefs which is causing them stress.
2.) What particular choices about identity do they seem to be about to grapple with and why? In the film, the boy and girl seem to grapple with separating their beliefs from their parents’ belief. They are unable to answer the question “Who am I”, in a way …show more content…

Explain your reasoning? According to James Marcia’s theory, the state of identity the boy and girl are in is identity moratorium. Identity moratorium is a time when an adolescent is almost experiencing an identity crisis but they have not made a commitment. During this time adolescents are deciding It is also the time they will begin to form relationships (Act For Libraries, n.d.). This is the identity state the boy and girl are in because they are trying to decide on whether to obey their parents’ wishes or their own. They haven’t chosen which path they are going to go down so they are at marginal …show more content…

They want their children to be like them and follow their beliefs. This is a common thing among parent. Many parents feel the need to live through their child but they also want was it best (Mcdermott, 2013).

References
Act For Libraries. (n.d.). Marcias Four Identity Statuses. Retrieved from Act For Libraries: http://www.actforlibraries.org/marcias-four-identity-statuses/
Act for Youth Center of Excellence. (2002, November). Research Facts and Findings, November 2002. Retrieved from Indentity Formation in Adolesence: http://www.actforyouth.net/resources/rf/rf_identityformation_1102.cfm
Mcdermott, N. (2013, June 19). Pushy parents 'are chasing lost dreams ' trying to make their children succeed. Retrieved from Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344790/Pushy-parents-chasing-lost-dreams-trying-make-children-succeed.html
Spielman, R. M., Dumper, K., William, J., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2014). Psychology. In R. M. Spielman, K. Dumper, J. William, A. Lacombe, M. Lovett, & M. Perlmutter, Psychology (pp. 292-293). Houston, TX: OpenStax College, Rice

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