Ego Identity Vs Role Confusion
Motivation is different for every student; there is a difference between a student that is in high school to those in elementary school. Adolescents are becoming more independent at this point in their life that they have to figure out how they want their future to look like. According to Erik Erikson’s eight stages of life, adolescents are at the stage called ego-identity vs. role confusion (Farmer, 2016). A lack of motivation at this stage is what adolescent should try to avoid because it can lead to role confusion. Role confusion is when the adolescent does not know their place or know anything about them in society; which can lead to an adolescent not having any motivation. This pertains to a student in high school since these are important