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27 Cards in this Set
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Familial Identity
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The sense of self as always connected to family and others
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Individualized Identity
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The sense of self as independent and self-reliant
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Spiritual Identity
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Identification with feelings of connectedness to others and higher meanings in life
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Avowel
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The process by which an individual portrays himself or herself
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Contextual identity formation
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The attempt to understand identity formation within the contexts of history, economics, politics, and discourse
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Interpellation
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The communication process by which one is pulled into the social forces that place people into a specific identity
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The Dynamic Nature of Identities
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The social forces that give rise to particular identities are never stable but are always changing
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Minority Identity
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A sense of belonging to a nondominant group
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Majority Identity
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A sense of belonging to a dominant group
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Minority Identity Development
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1. Unexamined Identity
2. Conformity 3. Resistance and Separtism 4. Integration |
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Majority Identity Development
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1. Unexamined Identity
2. Acceptance 3. Resistance 4. Redefinition 5. Integration |
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Gender Identity
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The identification with the cultural notions of masculinity and femininity and what it means to be a man or a woman
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Age Identity
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The identification with the cultral conversations of howwe should act, look, and behave according to our age
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Racial Identity
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Identifying with a particular racial group. Although in the past racial groups were classified on the basis of biological characteristics, most scientists now recognize that race is constructed in fluid social and historical contexts
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Ethnic Identity
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(1) A set of ideas about one's own ethnic group membership (2) A sense of belonging to a particular group and knowing something about the shared experience of the group
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Bounded Vs. Dominant Identities
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Bounded cultures are characterized by groups that are specific but not dominant. Dominant culture is more elusive: Differentiate between bounded and dominant identities
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Normative race privilege
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Dominant groups have benefited from privileges that go along with belonging to the dominant group
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Class Identity
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A sense of belonging to a group that shares similar economic, occupational, or social status
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National Identity
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National Citizenship
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Regional Identity
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Identification with a specific geographic region of a nation
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Stereotypes
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Widely held beliefs about a group of people
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Prejudice
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An attitude (usually negative) toward a cultural group based on little or no evidence
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Discrimination
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Behaviors resulting from stereotypes or prejudice that cause some people to be denied equal participation or rights based on cultural-group membership, such as race
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Multicultural people
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People who live "On the borders" of two or more cultures
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Global Norms
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People who grew up in many different cultural contexts because their parents relocated
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Encapsulated Marginals
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Multicultural individuals who become trapped by their own marginality
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Constructive marginals
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Multicultural individuals who thrive in their marginality
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