Question

Abigail's parents own a small restaurant. She has helped out and worked there for as long as she can remember. Her father keeps saying that Abigail will eventually run the business side and her brother, Anthony, will run the kitchen. Abigail has accepted this for her future, knowing it would devastate her parents if she didn't. Abigail is displaying:

Answer 1

The following is missing for the question to be complete:

A. Identity diffusion

B. Identity moratorium

C. Identity foreclosure

D. Identity achievement

Answer:    C. Identity foreclosure

Explanation:  Identity foreclosure is characteristic of adolescence, that is, in young people who have an identity but all ideas and traits the young person has just picked up from their parents, friends, group. Young people in this age have a pronounced identity, and are prone to discover their own identities, but also a tendency to receive various influences first of all family and then environment. In other words, young people in this age, are still not exploring other opportunities and ideas, but are adopting established patterns.

The combination of the emphatic need to explore one's own identity in adolescence and the established characteristics of family and society creates this psychological phenomenon. Identity foreclosure is, in fact, a consequence of a pronounced desire to discover one's identity, but when adolescents are still unsure of who they are, what their true traits and aspirations are, they can then adopt someone else's, from a close environment, ideas and traits for which they think they are theirs.