Name: Adrian Setera Bertudazo
Name: Adrian Setera Bertudazo
Name: Adrian Setera Bertudazo
Reflective Thinking
1. What does the word ‘identity’ mean to you?
Answer: It’s like I tell everyone a story about myself inside my head. And that story makes me of
who I am. I build myself out of that story. It is the manner in which I consider myself, the manner
in which how I am seen by the world and the attributes that characterize me.
2. Have you ever taken a ‘selfie’? If yes, reflect on your most recent “selfie” experience:
- Where were you?
– To whom did you send the image?
– In what ways did the ‘selfie’ reflect who you are as an individual? If no, assume that you will be
taking a selfie in the near future:
- Where would you take it?
– In what ways may the ‘selfie’ reflect who you are as an individual?
Answer: A minute ago, before doing this task, I took some selfies and sent it to my friends and
family, saying “Look at me, this is who I am”. My selfies has something to do with my mood, my
confidence, and how I live my life. But what do my selfie actually say about me in front of the
camera? Well, to tell you honestly, when taking selfie, I feel like I am myself more, that I am the
lead character of a story, that I am the agent of my own selfie.
Application
Your identity is made up of many different parts, and so too will your students’ identities be
comprised of many different dimensions. By completing this checklist, you should gain a
better sense of your own identity and the different aspects of your future students’ identities.
For each component, check your identity status as diffused, foreclosed, in a moratorium, or
achieved.
Identity Status
Achievement/ /
Intellectual identity /
Political Identity /
Sexual Identity /
Gender Identity /
Relationship Identity /
Lifestyle Identity /
Ethnic and Cultural /
Identity
Personality /
Characteristics
Interests /
If you checked “Diffused” or “Foreclosed” for any areas, take some time to think about what
you need to do move into a moratorium identity status and write about this below.
As you can see, neither of the two was marked check, for I have already
established my identity (not totally though).
Evaluation
Foreclosed Achievement
“I thought about it and I know what I’m going
I made a choice without thinking about it. to do about.
Diffused Moratorium
“I don’t know and I don’t care what I’m
supposed to do with my life. “I’m thinking about what I should do now”
2. Reflect on what are the challenges that an adolescent may encounter in
knowing their identity and how could they cope with these challenges.
3. How will commitment and exploration affect in developing the identity status of an
adolescent?
This contains selected items from Rhona Ochse and Cornelis Plug’s self-report questionnaire
assessing the personality dimensions associated with Erikson’s first five psychosexual development. It
can serve to make the stages personally relevant to you.
Indicate how often each of these statements applies to you by using the following scale:
1. The response to item 1 SHOULD be reversed (0=3, 1=2, 2=1, 3= 0) and then added to the
number given in response to items 2, 3, 4, and 5 to obtain a trust score.
2. Responses to items 7, 8, and 9 should be reversed and added to items 6 and 10 to assess autonomy.
3. Answers to 12 and 15 should be reversed and added to items 11, 13, and 14 to measure initiative.
4. Answers to 16, 18, and 19 should be reversed and then added to 17 and 20 to calculate industry.
5.Responses to 21 and 25 must be reversed and added to 22, 23, and 24 to obtain a measure
of identity.
6. Answers to 26, 28, and 30 are reversed and added to 27 and 29 to give intimacy.
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Analysis
Plot your score for each stage. Encircle your score for each stage.