Sixteen-year-old jeremy is trying out different clothes and hairstyles. his father is confused and sometimes shocked by the pairing of shirts and pants, earrings, chains, and hair colors. his mother, on the other hand, just laughs. jeremy is in the stage of development called:

The correct answer is known as "identity versus role confusion".

Identity versus role confusion is known to be as the fifth degree of ego in step with psychologist Erik Erikson's idea of psychosocial improvement. This degree takes place at some stage in adolescence among the a while of approximately 12 and 18. in the course of this degree, children discover their independence and expand a experience of self.