Marry is an 18 year old girl. She is flabberghasted to see her elder brother's determination towards his religious beliefs. She has been studying about different religions but she certainly hasn't made up her mind about what she believes in. Marry would say that she is in the ________ category of identity formation.

An identity moratorium is one step in the process of finding a sense of self. It is a period of active searching for one's occupational, religious, ethnic or other form of identity. During a moratorium, individuals typically explore many different options - such as visiting different types of churches - and do not feel committed to any one approach. In other words, a person in a moratorium is undergoing an active identity crisis. While this period may feel confusing and difficult to endure, many psychologists believe that an individual must go through a moratorium before he or she can form a true sense of identity (a state called identity achievement).