Who am I

According to Robert Feldman, Essentials of Understanding Psychology (Third Edition). Identity is the distinguishing character of an individual: who each of us is, what our roles are, and what we are capable of. Erikso's (1953). Physocosial theory of development, the most important task of adolescence is to resolve the crisis of identity versus role confusion. Psychosocial development encompasses people understanding of themselves, (Erikson 1963).
Identity is developed bu using ones own set of values and social behaviour. Thge attempt to discover who I am, what are my strengths, what is special and unique about me and what kind of role I am best suited to play for the rest of my life. However, this doesn't generally occur before, one experiments with a variety of values and social behaviour - often to the disapproval on parents.
Erikson summarizes identity development into eight stages. Trust versus mistrust, Autonomy versus shame and d...