Identity
There are many influential factors that shape an individual’s identity.
• Relationship between Identity and Race and Ethnicity—her argument on social identity.
Identity is a very complex recipe that powerfully shapes an individual based on the reflection of one’s self, Race and Ethnicity, social views, environmental setting and one’s culture
An individual’s identity is shaped socially by peers and others close to the individual’s life. All of of us in society have specific characteristics that represent that we believe represent who we are as people. However, other people in society label one another with different characteristics depending on the individual. For example, a given male may believe that he is athletic, tough, and hardworking, where as the male’s girlfriend would use adjectives like caring, loving and thoughtful to describe the same individual.
A quote by….says, “One assumption is that individuals can be depicted accurately as either individualistic or collectivistic”
An environment influences an individual’s identity by affecting adjectives used to describe oneself. The environment causes social pressures that cause individuals to become aware of their surrounding when describes one’s self to fit appropriate. For example, if you were to ask an individual in a laboratory to use adjectives that …show more content…
Throughout time, people in society have very strong racially and ethnical values. Some individuals use racial and ethnical differences to describe one’s self; however, other do not. This fact alone contributes to why our identities are very complex, dynamic and unique. Unfortunately, people in society use skin color to describe an individual. “Race and ethnicity are dynamic sets of ideas and meaningful actions, both formal and routine that people use to distinguish groups of people from other groups and to organize their own
There are many influential factors that shape an individual’s identity.
• Relationship between Identity and Race and Ethnicity—her argument on social identity.
Identity is a very complex recipe that powerfully shapes an individual based on the reflection of one’s self, Race and Ethnicity, social views, environmental setting and one’s culture
An individual’s identity is shaped socially by peers and others close to the individual’s life. All of of us in society have specific characteristics that represent that we believe represent who we are as people. However, other people in society label one another with different characteristics depending on the individual. For example, a given male may believe that he is athletic, tough, and hardworking, where as the male’s girlfriend would use adjectives like caring, loving and thoughtful to describe the same individual.
A quote by….says, “One assumption is that individuals can be depicted accurately as either individualistic or collectivistic”
An environment influences an individual’s identity by affecting adjectives used to describe oneself. The environment causes social pressures that cause individuals to become aware of their surrounding when describes one’s self to fit appropriate. For example, if you were to ask an individual in a laboratory to use adjectives that …show more content…
Throughout time, people in society have very strong racially and ethnical values. Some individuals use racial and ethnical differences to describe one’s self; however, other do not. This fact alone contributes to why our identities are very complex, dynamic and unique. Unfortunately, people in society use skin color to describe an individual. “Race and ethnicity are dynamic sets of ideas and meaningful actions, both formal and routine that people use to distinguish groups of people from other groups and to organize their own