Human Growth and Development / Unit 10 HGD 1359 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Moratorium and Possible Selves
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The idea
Moratorium, active exploration without commitment, is where adolescents spend much of their time, fuelled by imagining possible selves, the people they might become.
In practice
College as a classic moratorium: courses, clubs and majors tried and dropped.
Where people slip
Moratorium can feel unsettled, but it is the exploration that identity achievement later depends on.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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