Question

Sixteen-year-old Geneva believes that the death penalty is wrong because her parents, friends, and church say so. She has never really thought about the issue, but she has accepted this view as her own. This pattern of following what her parents and peers say and do is pervasive throughout most of her beliefs and behaviors. Which identity state do you think Geneva is in?

Answer 1

Question Options:

A. achievement

B. foreclosure

C. diffusion

D. moratorium

Answer: Geneva is most likely in the Foreclosure identity state.

Explanation: Foreclosure can be defined as a situation whereby an individual think they they know them self but have not really explored all their available options yet. For an individual to really know them self, they must go through a crisis of personal identity first. Any individual that does not go through the crisis have committed to an identity too early.