IDENTITY VERSUS ROLE CONFUSION OUTLINE Virtue

IDENTITY VERSUS ROLE CONFUSION OUTLINE Virtue:Fidelity&Loyalty/Physiological Base: growth spurt, mood swings, voice changes. Desirable Task: want them to start straying away from parents, establish a sense of who they are, personal goals, expectations (keep them busy) Undesirable Task: role confusion, very lost, don’t know about future, still depends on parents, cant set self limits, not a leader, follows the crowd (can’t cope & turns to drugs/alcohol) Task Facilitating Factors: love relationships that are short term, wanting to drop parents values. Ego Identity: knowing who you are & how you fit in society. Role confusion: just don’t know about future. Rite of Passage: something that signifies you are an adult (quincenara,barmitsfa) Fidelity: loyalty, ability to live to societies standards. Too much ego identity= fanaticism (they only see things black & white, their way or no way) Repudiation= lack of identity (get involved w/gangs,cults,distructive activity, drugs etc.) Normal Development: take responsibility, awkwardness, moody, wants parent affection.Cognitive:interested in present not so much future, greater ability to work. Sexuality: increased interest in opposite sex. Moral Values: lots of rule testing, more evidence that they have a conscience. Brain Development: adolescences craves excitement, 80% of brain is developed (frontal lobe isn’t) Common Problems: emotion (depression & suicidal) refusal of going to school. Skipping school truancy, bullying, gangs, boys are more likely to break the law verses girls. GANGS: Activity: graffiti,vandalism,extortion,intimadation,robbery,theft,drugs. Why do children join? (Lack of strong parental role model,status power,exciting,respect,belonging,safety & protection, usefulness-community environment/access to resources,loyalty&courage,financially rewarding,racism,poverty,influence of media, lack of support network) Types of Gangs: Delinquent: youth-juveniles,teenagers,hanging out(doing graffiti) drawing just enough for