My Social Identity

“Cultural identity is the identity or feeling of belonging to a group. It is part of a person's self-conception and self-perception and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture…” what this quote expresses is that everyone has a different cultural identity due to their life style and cultural background. In my point of view social and economic factors influence my cultural identity. My whole life

Identity is what creates us as a person, sometimes we even face some problems trying to find ours. For instance, I was wondering what my two personalities were, but I found out that I have multiple identities. First, is my social identity. My social identity has to do with my friends, family and social activities that I do on daily basics such as dancing, playing sports, listening to music, pretty much any activity outside my school and work environment. My second Identity is cultural which involves

not only what ethnography is and how it relates to its audience, but also how one’s own identities influence the research taking place. For these reasons, this Digital Culture Project will focus on, among other things, what ethnography is and its relationship to various media as well as self-ethnography and realizing its importance when conducting ethnographic research. Additionally, my personal social identity will be examined and reflected upon. First and foremost, an understanding must be had

It is quite uncomfortable and difficult for me to have a discussion about my social identity because I do not identify myself with a specific group of people. I consider myself an open member of our global society. Even though I was born into a Polish household and raised amongst first generation Americans, I do not necessarily identify as a Pole, American, or Polish-American. Technically, I am a Polish American since I was born in America and raised by Polish parents, but that does not necessarily

My Social Identities Portrait Assignment 1. Race: People of color Bi- or multiracial people and families. My father is Mexican, and my mother is White. I was born in California, however, when was 4 yrs. old we moved to Mexico. We did not returned to the United States till I turned 15 yrs. old. Although my first language was English, once I moved to Mexico, I became fluent in Spanish. Life coming back to America was hard, I did understand English perfectly since my mother always spoke to us in

concept. For the first 18 years of my life, I lived in a small and extremely religious city in Utah called Provo. My parents first immigrated here in 1983 and have stayed here ever since to pursue financial opportunities. Growing up, I felt a lack of personal uniqueness. I found myself constantly latching on the group identity of others to better fit in. In my hometown, a solid 80% of the residents were religiously Mormon. Not only was I the only Chinese student within my entire neighborhood but I was

Integrating “Goal Derived” Categories In reference to social categories, Barsalou (1983) found that people also create “goal-derived” categories, which can shape perception (Fitzsimons & Shah, 2009, p. 1468). Research conducted by Fitzsimons and Shah (2009) found that goals shape both basic relationship cognition and social categorization, which suggests a usefulness of integrating goals into the study of social categorization. Hence, a person’s active goals “increase accessibility of means and

The term “social identity” is very complex. It stems off of the term “personal identity”. I believe that the most clear-cut way to explain social identity is that it’s the x in the phrase “I am an x”. The stipulation to that phrase is that the x cannot change during the time in which you are changing, meaning it must stay the same over time. When given the task to decide which social identity I feel most attached to, I was torn. There are thousands of different identities in the pool for me to

How is it for you to see yourself through both a personal and social identity perspective? How did your Cultural Chest increase your understanding? In comparing the lenses of personal and social identities, it is interesting to note the role that other people play in influencing social conceptions as compared to those which are inwardly shaped. In relation to Tatum’s reference to Charles Cooley, considering my social identity made it clear that “people are in the mirror in which [I see myself]”

predominantly social creatures. We form friend groups and families. We join social networks and professional networks. We group into religions, nationalities, and political parties. In extreme cases, we even abuse others (Zimbardo, 1973) and conform to false conclusions (Asch, 1952) in order to maintain group membership. In other words, our group memberships influence our behavior every day—even in ways that we do not perceive consciously (Baumeister & Leary, 1995; Haidt, 2003). Social Identity Theory and