Key Terms

adult attachment models

attachment theory

attachment

disorganized/disoriented attachment

ethnic identity

foreclosure status

identity achievement

identity confusion

identity foreclosure

identity versus identity confusion

identity-achievement status

identity-diffusion status

imaginary audience

insecure attachment

insecure/avoidant attachment

insecure/resistant (or ambivalent) attachment

internal working model of attachment

moratorium status

negative identity

parental sensitivity

personal fable

psychosocial moratorium

secure attachment

secure base

self

self-esteem

sexual orientation

sexual-minority youth

social comparison

Strange Situation