Identify Development and Egocentrism 1. Does your identity progress vary across the domains of sexuality, close relationships, vocation, religious beliefs, and political values? Which of Marcia’s four...

Identify Development and Egocentrism


Identify Development and Egocentrism 1. Does your identity progress vary across the domains of sexuality, close relationships, vocation, religious beliefs, and political values? Which of Marcia’s four identity stages do you believe that you are in at this point in your life? Describe factors that may have influenced your identity development in an important domain. 2. Provide advice to parents/ caregivers who want to nurture their teenager’s identity development. Include parenting practices that support progress in identity development, as well as some practices that hinder progress. Reflecting on your own adolescence, in what ways did your parents support or hinder your identity development? 3. What is adolescent egocentrism and why could this happen? Give an example of adolescent egocentrism that you have experienced in your own life. 4. One of the reasons why the numbers of suicide and/ or delinquent behaviors increase in adolescence are due to their experiences of adolescent egocentrism. As a caregiver/ parent of adolescent, how can you support adolescents? Include at least three references (one must be the textbook)