Identity, formation, youth, and development : a simplified approach / James E. Côté and Charles G. Levine.

Author/creator Côté, James E.
Other author Levine, Charles (Charles G.)
Format Electronic
PublicationNew York, NY : Psychology Press, 2016.
Description1 online resource (xv, 200 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental ContentTaylor & Francis
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Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; BRIEF CONTENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Preface; PART I Philosophical and Conceptual Roots of the Identity Question; 1 From Ageless Questions to Current Theories; Ageless Questions; The Self and Its Development; Identity and Its Formation; Differential Dimensions of Identity and Self-Development; Conclusion: A Hindu Folktale; 2 Culture and History: How Current Experiences Differ From the Past; Socio-Historical Variations in Identity Formation; Social Identities; Personal Identities; Ego Identity; Individualized Societies and Identity Problems; Developmental Problems.
Contents Characterological PatternsTrauma/Stress-Based Pathologies; Conclusion: Identity Formation and Its Discontents; 3 A Social Psychology of Identities and Their Formation; The Triadic Model of Identity Formation; Identity Processes: Forming and Maintaining Self-Definitions; Conclusion: Cars, Engines, and Traffic Congestion; PART II Late Modernity: Contextual Adaptations to Individualization Processes; 4 Moral Reasoning: A Relational Basis of Individualized Identities; The Cognitive-Development Approach; The Developmental Bases of Moral Reasoning; Empathy and Perspective-Taking Capacities.
Contents Stages of Moral ReasoningThe Developmental Contextualism of Moral Reasoning; Synthesizing the Self/Identity and Moral Reasoning Literatures; The Eriksonian Approach: The Developmental Basis of Ethical Identities; Conclusion: Ethical Identities; 5 Proactivity: Agency in Identity Formation; Objections to the Concept of Structure; The Importance of Locating Agency in Structure; Objections to the Concept of Agency; Political Objections; Feminist Objections; Objections Based on Cross-Cultural Research; Conclusion: Agentic Identities; 6 Identity Capital: Strategic Adaptions to Late-Modern Societies.
Contents Origins of the Identity Capital ModelFundamental Assumptions of the Identity Capital Model; Identity Capital Resources; The Late-Modern Identity Capital Workplace Portfolio; Conclusion: The Ripple Effects of Strategic Identities; PART III The Transition to Adulthood: Developmental Contextualism Applied to Late Modernity; 7 Current Scientific Approaches to Self-Development and Identity Formation; Some Typical Identity Formation Strategies in Late Modernity; Developmental Trajectories; Self and Identity; The Development of Self-Concepts in Childhood and Adolescence.
Contents The Transformation of Self-Concepts Into Identities in Adolescence and Early AdulthoodThe Synthesis of Identities in Adolescence and Early Adulthood; Conclusion: The Developmental Benefits of Proactivity; 8 Contexts of Identity Formation in Late-Modern Societies; Societal Influences Regarding Who People Are and How They Feel About Themselves; Ethnicity; Gender; Culture; Social Class; Special-Needs Youth; How Family and Friends Influence Who People Are and How They Feel About It; Family Settings; Peer Influences; How Identity Formation Is Influenced by Educational Experiences.
Abstract "Identity, Youth, and Human Development: An Introduction is the first text to address identity formation in a format appropriate for students being introduced to identity-related issues for the first time. Although a significant area of interest for many students and youth, identity formation has been a field of study largely inaccessible to anyone outside of the academy. To address this, authors James E.C.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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