Arecent meta-analysis of 124 studies by jane kroger and her colleagues revealed that identity rose across late adolescence and emerging adulthood. foreclosure

Identity foreclosure is wrong

Correct Answer is Identity Moratorium

A recent meta-analysis of 124 studies in 2010 by Jane  Kroger and her colleagues showed that during adolescence and emerging adulthood, identity moratorium status rose consistently to age 19 and thereafter declined. On the other hand, identity achievement rose across late adolescence and emerging adulthood, while foreclosure and diffusion statuses were shown to have declined across the high school years but fluctuated in the late teens and emerging adulthood.

as university of miami psychologists debra lieberman and adam smith pointed out in a recent article in the journal current directions in psychological science, humans have social and psychological mechanisms to deter incest. with very few exceptions, marriages between brothers and sisters and between parents and their children are verboten in every human culture. the primary psychological anti-incest mechanism is the yuck response. even the idea of sex with their mom or dad, bro or sis is upsetting to most people. the psychologist jonathan haidt has found that nearly everyone is repelled by the prospect of brother-sister sex, even in hypothetical situations in which there is no chance of pregnancy).

the biological cost of incest

this raises an interesting question: just what’s so bad about incest? sure, having sex with your dad or your sister seems gross — but why? some anthropologists have argued that incest taboos are learned social conventions. this explanation, however, doesn’t make sense to me as it does not explain the widespread existence of anti-incest mechanisms in creatures ranging from cockroaches to chimpanzees. second, the incest taboo is about as close to a universal law as human moral rules get.

why should mechanisms to avoid incest be so widespread both in nature and across human societies? the answer is simple. the problem with having sex close with relatives is that there is an astonishingly high chance that your offspring will be born with a serious birth defect.

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