Research Project 2 Marcia’s Statuses of Identity

This project examines Marcia's statuses of identities in college students (18 to 20 years old) Interview ten college students (if you are 18 to 20, you may be a subject) and have them identify their current identity status. Then answer the questions that follow.

Subjects:

1. Choose which of the statements here best reflects you currently:

A. "I believe that I have made commitments to my future career and life. A while back, however, I had a rough time deciding what I wanted to do with my life.”

B. "I really don't know what I want to do with ray life, but I am trying to make up my mind about my options. I guess I’m having an identity crisis.”

C. "I know what commitments I am going to make in my life. Seems like I always have known where I'm heading. I can't remember it being very difficult to decide."

D. "I really don't know what I want to do with my life, but Pm not losing any sleep over it. Sometime I'll decide what I want to do, but not right now."

DATA SHEET

Subject: Sex: Age: Statement Choice:

1 F/M 8/19/20 A/B/C/D

2 F/M 18/19/20 A/B/C/D

3 F/M 18/19/20 A/B/C/D

4 F/M 18/19/20 A/B/C/D

5 F/M 18/19/20 A/B/C/D

6 F/M 18/19/20 A/B/C/D

7 F/M 18/19/20 A/B/C/D

8 F/M 18/19/20 A/B/C/D

9 F/M 18/19/20 A/B/C/D

10 F/M 18/19/20 A/B/C/D

Questions

1. How did your 10 subjects break down by identity achievement (A), identity moratorium (B), identity foreclosure (C), and identity diffusion (D)?

2. Do female and male subjects tend to give the same responses?

3. Do you think you would get similar answers if you used 18- to 20-year-old subjects who were not enrolled in college? Married young adults? Parents?

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Research Project 1 College Students and the Use of Alcohol

In this project, you interview live friends about their history of alcohol use, (If you want, you can respond to the questions yourself, as one of the five individuals.) Use the interview questions on data sheet, record each person's responses, and then answer the questions that follow.

DATASHEET

Person 1 Person 2 Persons 3 Person 4 Person 5

Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex

Age Age Age Age Age

Questions:

1. How often do you

have a drink?

2. At what age did

you first drink?

3. When you take a

drink, bow much

do you drink?

4. Do you ever get drunk?

5.If you answered "yes" to question 4,

how frequently?

Questions

1. What is the average frequent of drinking in your subjects? What is the range among individuals? Are there large individual differences in frequency of drinking? Are there age or sex differences?

2. What is the average age at which your subjects first drank? What is the range among individuals? Are there large individual differences in the age at which they started drinking? Are there age or sex differences?

3. On the average, how much do these subjects consume when they drink? What is the range among individuals? Are there large individual differences in the amount they drink? Are there age or sex differences?

4. How often, overall, does this group get drunk? What is the range among individuals? Are there large individual differences in frequency of drunkenness? Are there age or sex differences?

5. How does your data compare with data on alcohol use in adolescents presented in the text? Does your data support or refute (опровергать) the text?