...us grow up with a fundamental task to search for the answer to the question: “Who am I?” In the teenage years, however, young people are the most aware of their personal identity. This is a crucial time for early adolescents, as they will be experiencing many changes throughout the journey of determining who they are and creating their own sense of self. Identity achievement comes from many years of exploring different roles and personalities. (Santrock 2011 p. 141) Adolescents can change their attitudes and personalities almost daily. When a person is transferring from childhood to adolescence, it is very likely that they will face many challenges and run into a lot of conflicts. Teenage years are, I believe, some of the hardest times of a person’s life. There are many factors involved, which can have a great impact on identity formation. Parents are important figures in the adolescent’s development of identity (Cooper 2011). Although parental influence might not be as strong during the teenage years, it plays a significant role on shaping a person’s characteristic, providing them with a firm life script throughout their childhood. As a mother of two teenagers and of course being a teenager once myself, I absolutely believe a parents can be very influential in the development of an adolescent’s identity. To have supportive, loving parents to help guide you through all the chaos that being a teen brings, to me, is invaluable. My mom was none of that, and I can see how it negatively...
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...By: Frances Elaine S. Araga Fourth Year –Pythagoras Shaping an Exceptional Annean Identity Yes, we are all Anneans here, but before anything else, let me ask each one of you a simple question. As an Annean, how far do you know yourself? This inquisition has left many people on a crucial case. However, we have this concept called exceptional identity which can help us visualize ourselves more. Too often we tell ourselves we aren’t smart enough or attractive enough or talented enough to pursue our dreams. We buy into what other people say about us, or we put restrictions on ourselves. The confusion lies in here. How can we, as an Annean, make our contribution? How can we shape our exceptional identity to be a productive citizen of our own country? As we live each day of our lives and through influence of Ste. Anne, we develop a greater emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual well-being. We also make positive life choices and been a productive members of our community. Through her we taught to work all together in a Christ-centered environment through sharing catholic values, beliefs, personal strength, talents and many gifts to others. We work hard for each of our own responsibilities. Most of us believe that every one of us has a mission that makes us want to influence the world for the better. We’re like missionaries, volunteers, writers and artist. We all help spread the messages of God even if in these days that there are people who are confused of what the...
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...is and the work of Christ. With recognition that God’s aim is the fullest union of the divine with human nature in the person of Christ, given to the community of believers through the Holy Spirit. His attention to the work of Christ creates within our self-consciousness an emotional perspective of God. Schleiermacher’s Christology places Christ’s teachings at the center of his approach. Christ’s divinity for Schleiermacher consists that the God-consciousness is the active source in his life and within the Christian community. HE suggests the Bible is not divinely inspired rather written by people who were inspired by the work of Christ and the church’s experience with Christ. Focusing on the work of Christ and how his work moves believers to respond, Schleiermacher claims it is Christ’s example that provides people with the knowledge. He is redeemer. Our awareness of Christ is through our self-consciousness, or intuition. “All Christ’s activity, then proceeds from the being of God in him. And we know no divine activity except that of creation, which included that of preservation, or, conversely, that of...
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...heritage makes me a tribalist? Does being proud of my tribe makes me less patriotic as a South Sudanese? I’m seeing signs with “South Sudan is my tribe” slogan. What a nicer way to shove it down my throat? My culture and cultural heritage are huge part of my identity. I was raised and taught to have a consistent respect for human life and nature. I’m not going to change who I am. The current conflict should not be blamed on tribes nor should we use it to taint our tribal identities. If we are proud of Sudd Sudan’s diverse ecosystem then why are we ashamed of our human and cultural diversity? Isn’t diversity a beautiful thing that we should all celebrate? South Sudan has abundant natural resources, but our human and cultural diversity are what make our country unique. Diversity is a beautiful thing and we should not be ashamed of it. In the United States, Native Americans celebrate Powwow each year. Natives dress in traditional regalia to sing, dance, and socialize. Powwow brings together many people from diverse indigenous nations to honor their cultural heritage. The event helps strengthen and promote solidarity toward a peaceful co-existence, not only between Native American tribes, but also in the whole world. My cultural identity defines who I am and how I am viewed by others. I am proud of it. Who doesn’t remember the days in Kakuma refugee camp when we waited anxiously for World Refugee Day just to watch our favorite traditional dances and cultural performances? Our diversity...
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...Self-concept and Relationship between Sexual self-concept perceived by Finnish population: Comparison between gender, sexual orientation, age and civil status. Abstract This study intends to find out if the self-concept and the sexual self-concept are related. It was conducted among Finnish people, and comparisons of the relations between gender, sexual orientation, civil status and age were made. Positive correlation was found between self-concept and sexual self-concept, emphasizing the importance of self-concept. Five of the four aspects of the Self-Concept Questionnaire were correlated with many aspects of the Multidimensional Sexual Self-Concept Questionnaire. The men present higher positive score than women in self-concept questionnaire, and women more tendencies to feel motivation to avoid risky sex. Additionally, no differences between age, sexual orientation and civil status in any aspect of either questionnaire were found. Key words: self-concept, sexual self-concept. Self-concept is an aspect of psychology which has become a subject of considerable research and applications to a wide variety of practical problems (Lynch, Norem-Hebeisen & Gergen, 1981). This area of research gives the contribution to understand the importance of the experiences in each chapter of life. The construction process of self or the self-concept, begins in infancy, is something of extreme importance for the balance and harmony in the future development, that...
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...The Self Paper Trace Riley PSYCH/555 November 26, 2012 Gary McCullough, Ph.D. The Self Paper The concept of self is a multi-dimensional construct that refers to an individual’s self-perspective of how one represents his or her self. Self-concept develops from an individual’s viewpoint in relation to characteristics, such as racial identity or gender roles. For example, if a young boy develops in a family who favors baseball, the likelihood of the son playing baseball is strong because he may acquire the same likeliness for baseball as his peers. There are multiple factors that contribute to self concept and how it develops. Emotions play a significant role in how self-esteem develops and how self and behavior affects individual self-presentation. The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of self, how self-concept develops, the relationship between self and emotion and how self and behavior affect self-presentation. Samuel Butler believed that a man’s work and his talent’s is simply a portrait of themselves. One may ask “Does self concept develop from individual behavior or the characteristics one may represent?” Self Concept A person develops self concept from a glossary in which he or she has lived. For instance, as mentioned above, the young son of a baseball player may distinguish a personality of a baseball fan or athlete because of his upbringing. Characteristics define an individual’s self-concept for example, his or her self-concept on cultures, races...
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...repercussions on his family, and himself. Willys conviction that a man must not only be like, but he must be well liked (Miller, 1250), along with his uninterrupted focus on prominence, reflects on his two sons, Biff and Happy, as he infuses them with values of social status as well as future success. Willy’s sense of self value depends on the response of others. Such gestures of recognition provide signals that society is a comfortable home for him, one where he hopes to make his sons as happily at ease as he (Jacobson, 249). This is doubtlessly a mirage of security for Willy, as he desperately suppresses his inner motions of regret, and refuses to embrace his conscious identity. Ultimately, Willy Lomans self- delusion of success disabled him to obtain his true identity, and influence a displacement of identity in his sons. Most people in today’s society develop a constant necessity to better their lives, as well the quality of life for their family. For many, this necessity stems from their core beliefs of what a comfortable life should contain in our society, along with secure elements for their loved ones in order to flourish as human beings. Whether it is, health, security, education, or freedom, people pursue different values, which they feel lead towards a successful path of living. Most will agree that it is important to instill such values in their children, and perhaps someday their children will thank them for it. After all, children are the extensions of their parents...
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...English we were always wogs and nigs and Pakis and the rest of it”. Write an essay exploring how Kureishi’s novel maps Englishness as a contested terrain of identities, politics and performance. Your discussion should refer to Stuart Hall’s work on ethnicities and on Judith Butler’s writing on performance as identity. Much of the Kureishi’s early work is grounded primarily in racial and cultural conflict between British mainstream culture and ethnic minority communities; the conflict between the cultural claims that the first-generation immigrants were prone to clinging onto and the sense of belonging, which they their children aspired to develop in mainstream British society. To the children of immigrants, particularly those who had migrated from British Commonwealth or ex-colonized countries, any reflection on Britain, or their parents’ homeland, in terms of “home” may differ significantly from that perceived by their parents. As a writer born and bred in Britain of a Pakistani father and an English mother, Kureishi reflects upon his own identity, affirming in an interview his own sense of identity be seeing himself as British: “Critics have written that I’m caught between two cultures. I’m not. I’m British; I’ve made it in England. It’s my father who’s caught. He can’t make it. Elsewhere he proclaims his British identity in a similar way: I’m British, as wrote in The Rainbow Sign. Just like Karim in the Buddha. But being British is a new thing now. It involves people with...
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...At least one parents should stay home to make sure that they make a secure attatchment with their children. The attachment children make with their primary caregivers at a Young age has a great impact their social, cognitive and physcological development. The attatchement children form with their parent influences their ability to manage stress, success in future relationships, their tenancy to explore and learn, the likelihood of them taking risks, ability to bounce back from difficult situations and their overall sense of self. Those children that develop a secure attatchment with their caregivers feel as though their needs are being contiunually met and feel supported and comfortable with themselves are able to develop more sound relationships with others and have a higher self esteem. Children which develop insecure attatchment tend to be more aggressive, have a higher chance of developing mental illness such as depression and anxiety, can become According to bowldings attatchment theory continuous care during the first two years to a single important attatchment figure is essential for a childs healthy development. Bowlding suggested that if the attatchment between the prime caregiver and child is broken or disturbued during this critical time, the child will suffer. Consiquences include increased tendency to be aggressive, more likely to develop depression later on in life, reduced intelligence and in exstreme cases affectionless psychopathy. This means that children...
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...person as it is to the position. * This kind of power may be created by legislation (as with the police) or by contract (such as an employment contract). Personality Power * This type of power comes from a person’s personality. Included in this type of power are such traits as charisma, skills and abilities, expertise, attractiveness, likability, persuasiveness… * While personality power can be used well and positively, an unhealthy extreme form of personality power is bullying. A person with a reputation as a bully need not always display bullying behaviour, as the individual’s reputation can be enough to lead others to endorse the power and do as the bully wishes. Identity Power * A person’s “location” in various identity hierarchies also provides power resources. We receive identity power by virtue of our gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, social class, age, level of education, etc. * This form of power can be subtle or overt. Because this form of power is often embedded into our societal structure, we may not always recognize when this form of power is asserting itself. Power in numbers * There is power in numbers. Power structures can be upset, challenged or balanced by those without positions of power when these people work together. * A tangible example of this is seen in the union environment. In these cases, the power claimed by management is held in check...
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...INTRODUCTION: An identity of a corporation is a complex thing to understand, and established. There is still a general lack of consistency when these terms are adopted to theoretical models or applied in Practice (Lars Thuger Christensen, Suren Askegaard 1999), in this essay the author has tried to review the literature of scholars of corporate identity to bring the whole concept in a nutshell. This essay consists of two parts (a) and (b), in (a) author has tried to look into the notion of identity based view of corporation by exploring well known literature in order to assess how concept of identity serves organizations, how it helps in defining identity of corporation, the difference between the two, what are Balmer’s “Business identities”?, multiple identities of any corporate entity, inward and outward bound identities of corporation, also author tried to look into Balmer’s corporate identity Quindrivium which is for author of this essay is like a breakthrough in understanding the concept of identity based view of corporation, this part shows that identity of corporation is combination of multiple identities which needs to stay aligned to build positive corporate identity. In (b) the author tries to link the concept of corporate identity with another element of corporate level marketing(Balmer, J.M.T and Edmond Gray 2003), that is “corporate branding”, and tried to look into concepts like what is corporate branding ?, relation between corporate identity and corporate branding...
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...Understanding Consumption in Context Why am I obsessed with the consumption of toiletries and personal grooming products? It was September ‘08 when I first came to the UK. I remember walking down the high street. I had to buy basic care, so someone suggested that I go to the Boots store. It wasn’t that easy because when I entered the store I was surprised to see the huge collection of healthcare and grooming products. I was extremely excited. Just like a kid in a candy store I went around the store more than twice. There was something in all the sections that seemed like as if were made especially for me. Eventually, I ended up purchasing a lot more than I wanted in the first place. This was just a beginning, now that I know, to what has become my obsession to use these grooming and healthcare products. Shopping for healthcare and grooming products in India is a completely different experience to what it is in the United Kingdom. There are not any dedicated stores for healthcare products such as Boots, Super Drug. The differences in such consumption patterns can be better understood through the concept of Sociohistoric Patterning of Consumption, which suggests that the institutional and social structures systematically influence consumption, such as class, community, ethnicity, and gender. I had never seen, until then, a store with such collection of healthcare products. It was a totally new experience for me. Maybe it was also...
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...ethnic background. However, she struggles with her father’s limited ambitions for her and she longs for something else in life. She enrolls in college and takes computer classes. With the computer diploma under her belt, a rebellious Toula emerges. She manages her aunt’s travel agency and starts dating Ian Miller, a white high school English teacher. They date secretly for a while, before she has the courage to introduce him to her family. Her father is livid over her dating a non-Greek. The climax of the story occurs when both sides try to adjust to each other. While Ian has to let go of his rigid white individualistic upbringing and learn to accept her collective big family and Greek traditions, Toula has to come to terms with her own identity. My Big Fat Greek Wedding not only exposes the cultural difference between the individualism of Ian and his family and the collectivism of Toula and her family, it also offers a wide array of misconceptions in interpersonal communication. Collectivism and individualism, culture and language and culture's influence in the development of the self concept are highly visible in every scene of the movie. Language in itself has its own way of functioning, but when it is influenced by our cultural upbringing, another dimension of communication takes place. It is something that involves the use of devices as formality and informality;...
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...HAS121 Personal reflection on development Brittany Berry (5067285) The three concepts of self and identity, attachment and relationships and context and socialisation are interwoven concepts that greatly influence each other. A sense of self-concept and identity is created through attachment and relationships, which is influenced, by social context and socialisation. Context and socialisation also influences self-concept and identity. In looking at these three themes collectively, it is evident that your past interactions influence your future interactions which influence your self concept and how you want to be in the future. In order to explore these themes, I have focused on the core characteristics of my relationship with my mother and two different socialisation outcomes of my childhood, to fully explore the impact that these themes have on an individual. The first core characteristic of my relationship with my mother is using her as a secure base; to an infant, a secure base is the attachment figure that they use as a point of safety that allows them to engage and explore their surroundings. As a child, my mother was used as a secure base, particularly in social settings, as I would engage more with other people when I was with my mother. This has resulted in me being more comfortable exploring new and different situations when I am with someone that I am familiar with. This definitely influenced my socialisation, especially my trait of being assertive. This attachment...
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...<Katie Ramos> <EDU-213 > <11/16/2014> <Kimberly Capron> Stages of Social Development According to Erik Erikson there are eight stages of social development that each child should go through. First of which being learning basic trust versus mistrust, this starts at infancy and continues through two years of age. This occurs when the child is treated with love, care and nurture. When the child does not receive this the child adapts a sense of mistrust and insecurities. The second is learning self-secureness versus shame, a child around the age of two years to four years would show a sense of self they would start to pull out their own independence and self-worth. Children who do not have the care and nurture that they need start to seem to rebel a little, they will show more stubbornness, and throw more tantrums than that of the normal well parented child. The third is learning initiative versus guilt. In this stage it refers to children who are age’s four to seven or as it is often referred to as the “play age.” This is where a child’s imagination starts to heightens form active play. A child learns how to play and share with others. A child who exhibits the need and desire to stick close to an adult, hides away from groups and it will ultimately restrict their play and social habits. The fourth stage of social development is Industry versus Inferiority .In this the child learns to master the more formal skills of life: Being able to relate with...
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