Question

Sixteen-year-old Jake is trying out different clothes and hairstyles. His father is confused and sometimes shocked by his combinations of shirts and pants, earrings, chains, and hair colors. His mother, on the other hand, just laughs. Jake is in the stage of development called:

Answer 1

Identity vs role confusion

Step-by-step explanation:

Erik Erikson's 5th stage of development is Identity versus Role confusion. this stage of psychosocial development is experienced by an adolescent from 12 to 19 years. The adolescent while transforming into a teenager suffers from identity confusion and develop a sense of self-identification. the failure to identify themselves results into role confusion and they may embrace odd things to establish their identity. Jake is also suffering from role confusion and embraces things unusual for his family to establish his identity.