In Order to Make the Transition from Dependence on Parents

question 50

Multiple Choice

In order to make the transition from dependence on parents to dependence upon one's self, the adolescent must develop a stable sense of ________.

• A) acceptance
• B) control
• C) status
• D) identity

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Definitions:

Impulsiveness

A tendency to act on spontaneous desires without considering the consequences.

Superego

Part of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, representing the ethical or moral self that counters the impulses of the id.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Collective Unconscious

A term coined by Carl Jung to describe structures of the unconscious mind shared among beings of the same species.