Identitiy+Crisis

The identity crisis is the most important conflict human beings encounter when they go through eight developmental stages. '

Building an identity is a task that is unique to adolesence. Children are aware of what other people think of them. They know the labels others apply to them. Such as good, bad, naughty, silly, talented, brave, and pretty. Adolesents are also aware of there biological drives and of their growing physical and cognitive abilities.
 * Eriksons Theory:**

Erikson says an identity crisis is a time of inner conflict during which they worry intensely about their identities.

Contributing Factors to an Identity Crisis: -Physiological Changes -Cognitive developments -Awakening sexual drives -The possibility of a new kind of intimacy with the opposite sex.

Adolesents start to see their future as a reality instead of just a game. They know they have to confront the almost infinite and often conflicting possibilities and choices that lie ahead. In the process of reviewing their past and anticipating their future, they begin to think about themselves.