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One big difference is that Marcia believes you can experience these whenever or you may not but it doesn't have to be in order. Erickson said that the stages you will experience them in order and they can be handled good or bad to have a positive or negative impact on your life. Also, Erikson believes there are 8 stages that will happen to you in order to shape you into who you are. Marcia believes that there are four that you may or may not experience that will shape you

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I am not sure if I'm entirely here but I am fixed on certain things like college and more or less the person I am

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Identity is achieved after the adolescent has undergone a crisis and now has committed to a identity. The individual has explored the identity before committing

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When looking for a sport to play as a kid my parents signed me up for everything they could like soccer, baseball, basketball, golf trying to find something I liked

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In this stage the person is in a crisis and looking for an identity. They will explore identities without committing. They will need guidance and support through this stage.

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My parents have pushed me to be athletic and do something athletic my whole life they pushed me to play sports or at least work out and it has stuck

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A commitment to an identity without a crisis. Parents hand down their traditions and commitments and the adolescent does not make a choice.

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I never had any thought to what I wanted to do later in life when I was young. I didn't know if I wanted to go to college or what I wanted to do for a job

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An adolescent who experiences this is unable to commit to a particular identity. They have not yet experienced a crisis