Identity document

My Honor and Privilege: An Exploration into My Personal Identity Currently society is exhibiting a duality of individual’s personal identity. The unique individual is valued for their ability to be themselves at the same time acceptance and belonging to the group is strived for. In this paradoxically society, I have been examining myself and own identity as it is a product of all the experienced I have accumulated in my life. My sense of sense has been shaped by the privileges and the honors…

linked to major developmental stages in children. Biological factors like genes and chromosomes decides gender for the baby. Freud believed that children gender identity occurs at about the age of three when children become aware of anatomical differences between the boy and girl child. He also believed that children’s learns gender identity by physical difference and cultural difference between male and female identification, and parent’s behavior toward the…

three stages after adolescence.” Berger (2014).Pg. 41 Erik Erikson’s psychosocial development include Trust vs Mistrust (Birth to 1 year), Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt (1-3 years), Initiative vs Guilt (3-6 years), Industry vs Inferiority (6-11 years), Identity vs Role confusion (Adolescence), and, Intimacy vs Isolation (Adulthood). Trust vs Mistrust –…

The way people look at other people and things in the world can be affected by many things. Certain people’s lifestyle, childhood, and/or their neighborhood can make a big impact on the way that person view certain perspectives in the world. The stories “Two Kinds”, “By Any Other Name”, “Legal Alien”, “Biography of Frida Kahlo”, and “An Indian Father’s Plea” all give examples on how someone’s culture plays a major role in how they view other people and the world. (Joseph Briscoe) In Amy Tan’s…

These stages bring us into adulthood. The fifth stage is achieving self-identity rather than falling into identity diffusion and the sixth is achieving intimacy over isolation. Both these stages take place over the adolescent years. Erikson argues that one cannot achieve intimacy unless one develops the sense of self identity. Henry W. Maier explains this idea in his book Three Theories of Child Development. A sense of identity carries with it a master of the problems of childhood and a genuine…

The development of a minimal sense of self, across objects, plays an important role in the growth of a human (Cunningham, Turk, Macdonald & Macrae, 2008). It is common for a person to develop a sense of ownership towards objects, which can elicit a greater sense of appeal, known as the ownership effect (Cunningham et al., 2008). In some cases, such as in the mere ownership effect, the value of the object can be overestimated (Feng, Zhao, & Donnay, 2013). Even though, ownership not only causes…

Each individual has an identity in relation to other individuals, communities and most importantly the world. This identity is developed by how an individual views oneself and the world and in turn how the world sees them. An individual’s identity changes from the amount of power an individual has in relation to other individuals and groups. Through shaping your identity your power changes along with your relationship to others and the world. Notably some identities you’re born with race, gender…

“Systems are defined as meaningful wholes that are maintained by the interaction of their parts.’’(Lazlo 1972) In Shelly Smith-Acuna’s book Systems Theory in Action, she discusses the idea of systems looking from a larger perspective that is intertwined with the smaller meanings. (Smith-Acuna, 2011, p.6). Social groups Systems are a complete part of sets that have interconnected pieces that work together. Subsystem “As we saw when we looked at context, systems are made up of parts, or…

After analyzing the provided audiotape between Gramma and Sissy, it becomes evident that Gramma faces a communicative dilemma involving confronting Sissy, her granddaughter, about her eating disorder. A communicative dilemma is when two desired identities, within the same person, implicate conflicting discourse practices (Esch 2016). In the data provided, it is apparent that Gramma aspires to be loving and supportive of her granddaughter, but at the same time she must address the issue in a…

A person’s identity is not just their body that exists in this world for others to see; it is also how a person views themselves and how they express themselves to other people. In today’s society, one’s identity can be challenged by different factors such as social media, stereotypes, and/or racism. These factors may challenge different people’s identities in negative or positive ways depending on how the individual interprets it. Identities are personal, but they may be influenced by outside…