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- The self is connected to core motives (e.g., coherence, agency, and communion) and is manifested in the form of both personal identities and social identities. Finally, just as the self is a product of proximal and distal social forces, it is also an agent that actively shapes its environment.
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May 19, 2023 · The identity-behavior field should aim to first deepen our understandings of identity theory in terms of behavior and then investigate identity-behavior relationships to move this research field forward and produce more developed and rigorous identity-behavior evidence.
This article focuses on the “me” that will be referred to interchangeably as either the “self” or “identity.” We define the self as a multifaceted, dynamic, and temporally continuous set of mental self-representations.
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It’s important to note that ingroups and outgroups are fluid concepts. The group an individual identifies with can change based on context, environment, or over time. Moreover, everyone belongs to multiple ingroups across different facets of their identity. The categorization into ingroups and outgroups also plays a significant role in intergroup d...
In-group Favoritism: Because individuals seek positive self-esteem, they are inclined to favor and promote their in-group at the expense of out-groups. This can manifest in various ways, from simpl...Stereotyping and Prejudice: By categorizing people into groups, there’s a risk of overemphasizing similarities within groups and differences between them, leading to stereotyping. Coupled with the...Intergroup Conflict: When competition or perceived threats exist between groups, or when resources are scarce, the dynamics described by SIT can intensify, leading to intergroup hostility and confl...Shifts in Group Membership: SIT suggests that if individuals feel their current group membership is not providing positive self-esteem, they may either seek to elevate the status of their current g...Reducing Prejudice: By recognizing the mechanisms that lead to in-group bias and out-group prejudice, interventions can be designed to foster intergroup understanding and cooperation.Organizational Behavior: Within organizations, understanding group dynamics can be instrumental in team formation, conflict resolution, and promoting corporate identity.Political and Social Movements: SIT can provide insights into the formation and mobilization of social or political groups, including understanding factors that lead to radicalization. Social ident...If your identity is a definition of who you are, then how does your affiliation with multiple groups affect it?Can one truly understand the experiences of an outgroup without having been a part of it?How do experiences of discrimination or privilege, based on social identities, shape an individual’s understanding of societal structures?In what ways does social identity contribute to societal cohesion, and conversely, societal division?Aug 23, 2021 · Identity Behavior Theory (IBT) is a strengths-based action model of behavior concerned with the role that identity plays in the prediction of behavioral enaction, the process whereby individuals shape their experiences through planning and successful action.
Aug 7, 2020 · The key to understanding self-identity is identifying the transcendental structures that make a temporally extended, continuous, and unified experiential life possible. Self-identity is rooted in the formal, temporalizing structure of intentional experience that underlies psychological continuity.
- John J. Drummond
- drummond@fordham.edu
- 2021
Correspondingly, this review aims to integrate disparate topics, findings, and theories regarding the development of self and identity over the life span in terms of three broad metaphors: The self as actor, agent, and author.
People understand and interpret social interactions using knowledge of their personal self (e.g., How do I as an individual usually respond in this or a similar situation?), their relational self, in which the focus of interaction is their role defined by attachment bonds with specific significant other people, and their collective self in ...
