Nicola is under pressure from her family to decide on the course that she wants to study. She is interested in studying engineering but is not able to select the branch of engineering she wants to study. Her brothers are software engineers, and she feels that studying software engineering may be the right choice for her. However, she also seems interested in electrical engineering. In this scenario, Nicola is in the status of identity referred to as

A) identity confusion.

B) identity stagnation.

C) identity diffusion.

D) identity moratorium.

The answer is identity moratorium (option D)

Explanation:

Identity moratorium can be simply defined as the state in which individuals (mostly adolescents) find themselves in a crisis of identity as they actively search (without making a commitment) for an occupation, religion or ethnic identity to establish who they really are or what they want.

Nicola (in the question) is in the identity moratorium state because she is yet to be committed to a particular course for study (she is interested in electrical engineering) and has defined the course she wants to study vague way (feels like software engineering is best for her).