Nancy was torn in her decision to major in music or take up an undergraduate program in engineering. she finally chose the latter, with a minor in music. identify nancy's status of identity. select one:
a. achievementb. moratoriumc. diffusiond. foreclosure

A) Achievement

Explanation:

Identity achievement  is defined as the stage of life in which a person tends to identify himself/herself with all the meaning and sense.Exploring and searching about self is the process to achieve identity achievement.It depends upon the options that a person opts in life in different circumstances such as occupation, education, etc.

According to the question, Nancy's scenario of opting music degree between music or undergraduate program determines that is is truly exploring her choices of life. Thus, she is at the stage of identity achievement.

Other options are incorrect because identity moratorium is development of identity at adolescent level.Identity diffusion and foreclosure is still searching for identity and not chosen the option of life yet respectively.Thus, the correct option is option(A).

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achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

apartheid the recent policy of racial separation in south africa enforced by leg

explanation:

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