A 17 year old tells the nurse that he/she is not having sex because it would make his/her parents very angry.This response indicates that the adolescent has a developmental lag in which area?

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The appropriate moral development for a 17 year old would include evidence that the teenager has internalized a value system and does not depend on parents to determine right and wrong behaviors.Adolescents who remain concrete thinkers may never advance beyond conformity to please others and avoid punishment.Cognitive development is related to moral development,but it is not the pivotal point in determining right and wrong behaviors.Identity formation is the psychosocial development task.Energy is focused within the adolescent,who exhibits behavior that is self-absorbed and egocentric.Although a task during adolescence is the development of a sexual identity,the teenager's dependence on the parents' sanctioning of right or wrong behavior is more appropriately related to moral development.

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