Learning Objectives

Understand how pubertal, cognitive, and social transitions affect an adolescent's identity development.

Understand self-conception and the changes that take place between childhood and adolescence.

Understand the critical personality dimensions of the Big Five model.

Understand barometric and baseline self-esteem, and the effects of each during early, middle, and late adolescence.

Understand gender, class and ethnic differences in self-esteem.

Understand Erikson's theoretical approach to identity development during adolescence.

Understand Erikson's three major problems of adolescent identity development.

Understand Marcia's four identity status categories and how they compare to Erikson's theory of identity development.

Understand the importance of ethnic identity and the alternative orientations proposed by Phinney and her colleagues.

Understand sex-role development and its impact on identity development.

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