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Chris and Danny Are Raised Together but Not Related

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Chris and Danny are raised together but not related.Their temperaments and personalities share very little in common.This is an example of the fact that shared environment does not have much effect for many aspects of personality.


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Peer Influence

The effect that the attitudes, behaviors, and actions of peers have on one's own behavior, often observed during adolescence as individuals become more socially aware and sensitive to their peer groups.

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Thinking about suicide, usually with some serious emotional and intellectual or cognitive overtones.

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A period of uncertainty and confusion in which a person's sense of identity becomes insecure, typically due to a change in their expected aims or role in society.

James Marcia

A psychologist best known for developing the identity status theory, which classifies individuals' level of identity development into one of four categories.

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