Chapter 2 Context Mapping

Context mapping: Method used to uncover valuable key information in areas such as work, school, home, etc. In the reading Mitch asked Julian for a list of the various spaces and relationships he must negotiate each day. Julian was able to create a context map about home, school, and all the people he interacts with throughout the day.

My context map:

I wasn’t sure how to make mine to look like the examples online, or like the examples provided, so I made them into a list…

RIC: YDEV, Theta Phi Alpha, Internship, school friends, professors, students.

Home: Family (Mom, Dad, Mike), Puppy (Rocco), childhood friends (Neighbors, friends)

Work: Co-workers, customers

The four different identities are:

   1)   Foreclosed identity: When an individual has committed to a life direction or way of being without exploring it carefully, or experimenting all alternatives.

   2)   Diffuse Identity: State in which there has been little exploration or consideration of a particular identity and no psychological commitment to one. Individuals are influenced by others and often change beliefs.

   3)   Identity moratorium: Development state which ones explores roles and beliefs, behaviors and relationships, but refrains from making any commitments. This causes a great deal of anxiety due to the demands.

   4)   Achieved Identity: When identity crisis is resolved and the commitment to the selected identity is high. Result of high exploration and experimentation.