Which Marcia status involves ongoing exploration with no commitments yet?

• A. Moratorium
• B. Foreclosure
• C. Diffusion
• D. Identity achievement

Answer: (A)

In this perspective on identity development, the key idea is how people explore and commit to who they are. Moratorium describes a period of active exploration—testing different roles, beliefs, and options—without settling on a specific commitment yet. That ongoing questioning and trying out possibilities fits the description given: exploration that hasn’t been followed by a firm decision. By contrast, foreclosure is making a commitment without exploration, diffusion is avoiding both exploration and commitment, and identity achievement is having completed exploration and then making a committed choice. So a student who keeps trying out different majors, careers, or values and hasn’t chosen one is in moratorium.