Identity Development
This stage involves actively exploring different identities before making a commitment.
What is moratorium?
This bias occurs when we remember information that confirms our pre-existing beliefs and ignore information that contradicts them.
What is confirmation bias?
This concept explains why we miss things that are in plain sight because we are focused on something else.
What is inattentional blindness?
In Erikson’s theory, this is the primary challenge of adolescence.
What is identity vs. role confusion?
This is when people change their behavior to match the actions or opinions of a group, even if they don’t agree.
What is conformity?
This happens when a person forms a clear, stable identity after exploring various options.
What is identity commitment?
This happens when we believe that something was predictable after it has already happened.
What is hindsight bias?
This term refers to the process of retrieving information from memory and reconstructing it.
What is reconstruction?
According to Erikson, this stage occurs after adolescence and focuses on forming intimate relationships.
What is intimacy vs. isolation?
This is when someone obeys a direct command from an authority figure, even if they feel uncomfortable.
What is obedience to authority?
This occurs when someone adopts an identity without actively questioning or exploring other possibilities.
What is surface conformity?
This bias occurs when we assume that things which come to mind quickly are more common than they actually are.
What is the availability heuristic?
This happens when we fail to encode information properly, leading to forgetting later.
What is encoding failure?
This term refers to a stable and coherent sense of who you are across time and situations.
What is coherent identity?
This phenomenon happens when people feel pressured to go along with a group’s opinion, even if it goes against their private beliefs.
What is groupthink?
Erikson’s theory suggests that adolescence is marked by a conflict between developing a stable identity and experiencing this.
What is role confusion?
This bias causes us to assume that someone else’s behavior is due to their personality, but we blame our own behavior on external factors.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
This is the process of recalling memories from storage.
What is retrieval?
This identity status involves not exploring options, but adopting an identity imposed by others.
What is identity foreclosure?
This bias occurs when we base our judgment of someone on their confidence, rather than their actual ability.
What is the halo effect?
This type of identity formation happens when a person makes a commitment without exploring other options.
What is identity foreclosure?
This happens when we prefer information from people in our own group, leading to biased judgment.
What is in-group bias?
This happens when we remember the “gist” of an event but forget the specific details.
What is fuzzy-trace theory?
According to Erikson, this is the ongoing development of identity, even in adulthood.
What is identity formation?
This term describes the tendency to follow social norms, even if it conflicts with personal beliefs.
What is social conformity?