Melinda is 15 and has her first boyfriend. she acts differently around her boyfriend than she does with her family. with her friends she acts differently than she does with her boyfriend or her family. melinda must be in erikson's stage.

Identity X Confusion of Roles

Explanation:

This stage begins at age 11 and lasts until the end of adolescence. The main task of this period is to develop a sense of identity, however, this phase coincides with puberty and adolescence. The characteristics that establish who the individual is and where he is going, define identity. Being that healthy identity is built from the successful passage through the earlier stages. The adolescent may do several "false behaviors" where teens may act differently in different settings. At the end of this stage the virtue of fidelity is developed.

Based on Freudian psychology, Erik Erikson developed a study on human development. Erikson went beyond puberty because he believed that adulthood experiences also determine personality. For Erikson, the focus of ego development is more than the result of intrapsychic desires, it is also a matter of mutual regulation between the growing child, the culture, and the traditions of society.  Thus, the most important contribution of Erikson is to have formed a theory of development that covers the whole life cycle from early childhood to old age and senescence.

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