All through adolescence, more than a single identity status may be experienced by a teen: Identity Achievement: The terms used by Erikson for the attainment of the identity which is established ideally by reconsidering the values and goals set by the culture and parents, then choosing which ones to accept and which ones to reject. Four major areas / aspects of identity achievement follow: Sexual, Religious, Political, Gender, Ethnic, Vocational (Carr, 127)
Additionally, the current ability for thinking abstractly makes it possible for the youths to understand that others simply make the rules. This make teens question the absolute power their parents, schools, the government and all traditional institutions have over their lives (Moshman, 31)
Adolescents change form thinking in a concrete way, who think about the subjects they have good knowledge of, or direct contact with, to the abstract thinkers who have the ability to imagine things they never saw or experienced. This makes it possible for adolescents to be able to love, think of spirituality, and take part in a more advanced level of mathematics (Shaffer & Kipp, 82)