Multiple choice

Who first dedicated research towards the development of personal social identity in adolescence?

  1. A. Freud

  2. Goldberg

  3. Erikson

  4. Brown

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Erik Erikson was the first to systematically study and theorize about personal and social identity development during adolescence. His concept of 'identity versus role confusion' as the central crisis of adolescence established identity formation as a key developmental task of this period.