Question

Malcolm's parents wanted him to be part of the family business—and Malcolm planned to do so. Then, at age 17, he decided to leave the business to study to be a lawyer. Malcolm resisted _____.
A. identity foreclosure
B. role repudiation
C. forced conversion
D. negative identity

Answer 1

Answer:

A. identity foreclosure

Explanation:

Identity foreclosure is what happens when young people and adolescents accept the role and personality that family and friends have assigned to them, in this case he went on to discover what he wanted, and what he desired, not what his family always told him to be and what he had accepted to be because his environment taught him that way, so he resisted indentity foreclosure.