What is an element of personal identity?

What is an element of personal identity?

Identity is simply defined as the characteristics determining who or what a person or thing is. Elements or characteristics of identity would include race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical attributes, personality, political affiliations, religious beliefs, professional identities, and so on.

What factors affect personal identity?

Identity formation and evolution are impacted by a variety of internal and external factors like society, family, loved ones, ethnicity, race, culture, location, opportunities, media, interests, appearance, self-expression and life experiences.

What is the difference between social identity and self-identity?

Dictionaries define self-identity as the conscious recognition of the self as having a unique identity. It is an awareness of and identification with oneself as a separate individual. Social identity is the story the society (others) says about you while self-identity is the story you say of yourself.

What are the types of self identity?

From what I understood, Carl Rogers defined social identity has having those three components: self-image, self-esteem, and ideal self. I believe social identity theory belongs under the umbrella of self concept in that it identifies both personal and social identity as essential parts of one’s self concept.

What creates social identity?

Social identity is a person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership(s). Tajfel (1979) proposed that the groups (e.g. social class, family, football team etc.) which people belonged to were an important source of pride and self-esteem.

What are the stages of identity?

Erikson’s Identity vs. Role Confusion

Stage	Age (years)	Developmental Task
1	0–1	Trust vs. mistrust
2	1–3	Autonomy vs. shame/doubt
3	3–6	Initiative vs. guilt
4	7–11	Industry vs. inferiority