Fourteen-Year-Old Tyler Is Overwhelmed by the Task of Achieving an Identity

question 54

Multiple Choice

Fourteen-year-old Tyler is overwhelmed by the task of achieving an identity and has done little to achieve one. Tyler appears to be in Marcia's __________ identity status.

• A) moratorium
• B) achievement
• C) foreclosure
• D) diffusion

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