Identity Development
1) What is Identity?
Identity is by definition-
1. The state of having unique identifying characteristics held by no other person or thing.
2. The individual characteristics by which a person or thing is recognized.
Identity by my definition-
Identity is the specific personality of an individual and the behavior of a person in response to their surrounding environment. Since identity is what shapes us as individuals, some people search for “their identity” in order to understand their existence in life and who they actually are. It shapes us through the trials of life that involve family and peers, through religious beliefs by the practice of certain faiths, as well as through cultural awareness through family history and traditions.
Identity defined in class notes-
The development of identity involves finding out who we are, what we value, and where are we headed in life. Identity Formation is made up of many components:
Physical (your race, phenotype dress etc)
Social (including cultural, vocational, ideological, generational etc)
Sexual (your orientation)
Gender (which is sometimes physical and other times a mental construction)
All of these contribute to something known as: Self Concept.
Self-understanding- cognitive and affective representations of the (includes self-esteem).
Identity- Who a person is, representing a synthesis and integrations of self-understanding
Personality- enduring personal characteristics of individuals. Usually seen as broadest of 3 and encompassing 1&2. The existential self (I self) the child realizes that they exist as a separate entity from others and that they continue to exist over time and space. According to Lewis, awareness of the existential self, begins as young as two to three months old and arises in part due to the relation the child has with the world. For example, the child smiles and someone smiles back, or the child touches a mobile and sees it more. The categorical self (me-self) having
Identity is by definition-
1. The state of having unique identifying characteristics held by no other person or thing.
2. The individual characteristics by which a person or thing is recognized.
Identity by my definition-
Identity is the specific personality of an individual and the behavior of a person in response to their surrounding environment. Since identity is what shapes us as individuals, some people search for “their identity” in order to understand their existence in life and who they actually are. It shapes us through the trials of life that involve family and peers, through religious beliefs by the practice of certain faiths, as well as through cultural awareness through family history and traditions.
Identity defined in class notes-
The development of identity involves finding out who we are, what we value, and where are we headed in life. Identity Formation is made up of many components:
Physical (your race, phenotype dress etc)
Social (including cultural, vocational, ideological, generational etc)
Sexual (your orientation)
Gender (which is sometimes physical and other times a mental construction)
All of these contribute to something known as: Self Concept.
Self-understanding- cognitive and affective representations of the (includes self-esteem).
Identity- Who a person is, representing a synthesis and integrations of self-understanding
Personality- enduring personal characteristics of individuals. Usually seen as broadest of 3 and encompassing 1&2. The existential self (I self) the child realizes that they exist as a separate entity from others and that they continue to exist over time and space. According to Lewis, awareness of the existential self, begins as young as two to three months old and arises in part due to the relation the child has with the world. For example, the child smiles and someone smiles back, or the child touches a mobile and sees it more. The categorical self (me-self) having