The two most negative ways to resolve identity are foreclosure and diffusion. Foreclosure occurs when a commitment is made but you have not explored your options. Almost as if their life is predestined. An example of foreclosure in the stepbrother was after Brennan went through the MAMA period. Things weren't working out in the job market, so his brother hired him to work for his company. Brennan's mother suggested this early in Brennan's job search, but he had no aspiration to work for his brother. Now diffusion is where you haven't made any commitments and haven't even tried to explore your options. One in diffusion is simply adrift in life. A great example of diffusion was Brennan and Dale. Before the clash these two lived behind their mum and dad, they didn't think about entering the world of work so they didn't recognize it as an immediate problem. As you can understand, Eric Ericson's theories are definitely predominant in all of this