Lorant is an adolescent in his last year of high school. He is trying to decide where to attend university next year. He knows that Carleton University has an amazing basketball team, and he loves playing basketball. He also knows that his parents want him to attend Queen's University because that is where they went to school. Both Carleton University and Queen's University have excellent engineering programs, which is what he wants to study, so he is having trouble making a decision.
-Lorant's aunt is visiting and asks him if he has decided where he will attend university in the fall.If Lorant ___________,then this is an example of identity status diffusion.

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Lorant is displaying identity status diffusion by being unable to make a decision and feeling conflicted between the options presented to him. He cannot clearly define what he wants and is not committed to either option, as evidenced by his statement that both choices are great.

Lorant Is an Adolescent in His Last Year of High