Uri was raised in a Catholic family. He spends a year in China as part of a study abroad program. The longer he lives away from his home, he begins to question his personal relationship to the Catholic church. As he learns more about himself and more about Buddhism, he realizes that the values of Buddhism are more in line with his own. He begins attending a weekly local Buddhist group and when he returns home he connects with a local group and becomes active. In terms of identity, what is this kind of exploration?

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Gracelyn Rios

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5 October, 20:10

Uri was raised in a Catholic family. He spends a year in China as part of a study abroad program. The longer he lives away from his home, he begins to question his personal relationship to the Catholic church. As he learns more about himself and more about Buddhism, he realizes that the values of Buddhism are more in line with his own. He begins attending a weekly local Buddhist group and when he returns home he connects with a local group and becomes active. In terms of identity, what is this kind of exploration?

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Shane · Answer 1

The kind of exploration he is facing is identity foreclosure and identity achievement.

Explanation:

Identity foreclosure because this occurs when teenagers accept traditional values and cultural norms, rather than determining their own values. In other words, the person conforms to an identity, in this case, being part of the Buddhist group and changing his religion beliefs and identity achievement because this occurs when the person has solved his/her identity issues by making commitments to a new belief.