Acting out of Character: Window on the Identity Crisis.

Climo, Lawrence H.

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ERIC Number: EJ125211

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1975

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Acting out of Character: Window on the Identity Crisis

Climo, Lawrence H.

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 4, 2, 93-107, Jun 75

The following question is posed: can a close look into why a person does something which is uncharacteristic or out of character provide a window through which one might view underlying dynamics of that person's ongoing character development? An autobiographical account is provided. (Author/BJG)

Descriptors: Autobiographies, Behavioral Science Research, Human Development, Identification (Psychology), Individual Characteristics, Personality Change, Psychological Characteristics, Self Concept

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