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   What is identity based on?

   • Identity involves a sense of continuity, or the feeling that one is the same person today that one was yesterday or last year (despite physical or other changes). Such a sense is derived from one’s body sensations; one’s body image; and the feeling that one’s memories, goals, values, expectations, and beliefs belong to the self.

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   What is identity in psychology?

   • Identity encompasses the memories, experiences, relationships, and values that create one’s sense of self. This amalgamation creates a steady sense of who one is over time, even as new facets are developed and incorporated into one's identity. What Is Identity? What Is Identity?

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   What is social identity theory?

   • Social identity is the aspect of identity that is constructed, defined, and maintained through a person’s social relationships and group associations. The idea that groups and our various affiliations with them imbue people with a sense of self-definition is at the heart of Tajfel and Turner’s (1979) social identity theory (SIT).

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   What are the characteristics of identity?

   • It involves external characteristics over which a person has little or no control, such as height, race, or socioeconomic class. Identity also encompasses political opinions, moral attitudes, and religious beliefs, all of which guide the choices one makes on a daily basis.

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   How is social identity constructed?

   • SIT asserts that an individual’s social identity is constructed when he identifies with a group and begins thinking of himself in terms of the group’s shared characteristics rather than his idiosyncratic personal attributes (a process termed depersonalization).

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   What are the two types of identity?

   • Researchers have historically distinguished between two types of identity: personal and social. Personal identity refers to those features of the self that distinguish us from others while social identity refers to features of the self that are a source of commonality with others, such as group memberships.

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2. www.verywellmind.com › why-identity-matters-andIdentity: Importance, Influences, and How to Reflect on It

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   May 30, 2023 · Your identity is a set of physical, mental, emotional, social, and interpersonal characteristics that are unique to you. It encapsulates your core personal values and your beliefs about the world, says Asfia Qaadir, DO, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at PrairieCare.

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   Jul 23, 2022 · Where Does Identity Come From? Fifty years of psychology offers insights into our self-concepts. Posted July 23, 2022 | Reviewed by Vanessa Lancaster. Key points. Comparisons with others and...

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   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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   Jan 1, 2020 · Definition. Identity refers to an individual’s organized constellation of traits; attitudes; self-knowledge; cognitive structures; past, present, and future self-representations; social roles; relationships; and group affiliations.

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   Dec 3, 2020 · This chapter provides an outline of identity theory as it has developed out of its structural symbolic interaction origins. Identities are sets of meanings that define who we are in terms of the roles we have, the groups or social categories to which we belong, or the unique characteristics that make us different from others.The chapter reviews ...

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   Apr 19, 2018 · an individual’s sense of self defined by (a) a set of physical, psychological, and interpersonal characteristics that is not wholly shared with any other person and (b) a range of affiliations (e.g., ethnicity) and social roles.