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12 Cards in this Set
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Identity
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Who a person is; composed of individual and social categories a person identifies with, as well as the categories that others identify with that person
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Identity as a Communication Concept
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All individuals bring their self-identies to each communication encounter
Communication sharpens identity Identity impacts intercultural communication We are a culture of specific identity groups Identity is influenced at the societal level |
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Communication Develops Individual Identity
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Reflected Appraisal
Particular Others Generalized Others Social Comparison Self-Fulfilling Prophecy |
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The Self Concept
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Your understanding of how you are different from and similar to others
Self Esteem Factors that influence potentially inaccurate self esteem The honesty of others Distortions of self Modesty Self Respect |
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Performance of Individual Identity
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How we express to the world who we think we are; clothing, accessories, communication style, identity enactment
Role Expectations The Mutability of Identity |
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Racial Identity
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Identification with a particular racial group
Race is constructed through communication and not through DNA Multiracial - Tyra Banks |
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Ethnic Identity
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Identify with a group with which you share religious beliefs, language, culture, traditional origins
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Gender / Sexual Identity
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We learn through gender communication
Sex is biological |
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Age Identity
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We create age categories
Both how you feel about your age and what others understand your age to be Media studies show lack of value placed on both ends of life span |
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Religious Identity
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Higher level of religious identity among ethnic minority
Females more likely to attend religious services than males First and second generations have higher religious identity College Students |
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Social Class Identity
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Informal ranking of people in a culture based on income, occupation, education, dwelling, child-rearing habits
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Social Identity Theory
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Persons sense of who they are based on group membership
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