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Chickering’s Theory
of Identity Development is a psychosocial theory that views development
as a series of tasks or stages dealing with thinking, feeling,
believing, and relating to others. Chickering proposed seven vectors of
development that contribute to the formation of identity. Students move
through these vectors at different rates, vectors can interact with each
other and students often find themselves re-examining issues associated
with vectors they had previously worked through. Although not rigidly
sequential, vectors do build on each other, leading to greater
complexity, stability and intellectual aspects of development. The
seven vectors are:
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Developing
Competence
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Managing
Emotions
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Moving through
Autonomy toward Interdependence
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Developing
Mature Interpersonal Relationships
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Establishing
Identity
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Developing
Purpose
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Developing
Integrity
Chickering, A.W. & Reisser, L.W. (1993). Education and
Identity. 2nd ed. Jossey Bass: San Francisco.
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