Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Identity is a huge part of who we are and how we live our lives. If people did not have identities, then we would all essentially be the same. A person’s identity really starts to form during adolescence because this is when we form the ability to think about ourselves in abstract terms. Who am I? What can I become? How might my life be different if I was black instead of white, male instead of female? (Maddux & Tangney, 2010, p. 37). Adolescence is also the time when we have the chance to ent...