Shankar: Adolescents Often Prematurely Commit to Identities Before Exploring Options
Maya Shankar · Maya Shankar: The Toolkit to Accomplish Your Hardest Goals · Jul 9, 2024 · at 7:38
Cognitive scientist Maya Shankar explains the concept of identity foreclosure and how individuals adopt rigid roles early in life.
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“There's a concept in cognitive psychology called identity foreclosure, and it refers to the idea that we can prematurely commit to an identity before having fully explored all other ways that we can be or the things that we want to be in this life. And this often happens in adolescence.”
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