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  • Essay / Psychosocial Development Case Study: The Joy Luck Club

    She is An-Mei's daughter. This character is in his late teens. According to Newman and Newman, in the later phase of adolescence, the developmental tasks are: autonomy, gender identity, internalized morality, and career choice. The psychological crises that this character faces are the confusion between individual identity and identity confusion. Individual identity is when an individual looks at their past and examines their childhood identifications. Next, the person will assess their interest, skills and abilities. According to Newman & Newman, identity confusion is “unable to commit to a single view of themselves.” Newman and Neman also discuss that a person experiencing identity confusion may be "confronted with opposing value systems or a lack of confidence in their ability to express meaning ».