At times, Drucilla is anxious and depressed about finding commitments, but she uses an active, information-gathering cognitive style to make personal decisions and solve problems: She seeks out relevant information, evaluates it carefully, and critically reflects on her views.

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Kathleen Cowan

Social Studies

10 November, 06:58

At times, Drucilla is anxious and depressed about finding commitments, but she uses an active, information-gathering cognitive style to make personal decisions and solve problems: She seeks out relevant information, evaluates it carefully, and critically reflects on her views.

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Skylar Le · Answer 1

Drucilla is experiencing identity moratorium.

Explanation:

Identity moratorium is the stage of identity development which occurs after adolescent stage in identity diffusion. It is normally considered as the longest time of identity development which an adolescent passes through. It is a period of active researching as well as exploring alternatives to the current situations.

In the context, Drucilla who is anxious about commitments but she uses an effective way to make decisions. She gathers information and looks out for relevant information and observes them very critically and carefully reflects on her views. Thus she is experiencing identity moratorium and thus looking out for different alternatives to make cognitive decisions.