Personal Identity Development

The previous article discussed how positive peer relationships resulted in a more facilitated identity development while this article focuses on how communication technologies can positively and negatively affect the quality of adolescents’ peer relations and their identity development. In the introduction of this article, the authors describe the rising popularity of technology and social networking sites to interact with other people. According to the article, an important task in adolescence is to determine an identity. During this phase the adolescent explores different roles, goals, norms, and values that will most likely stick with them throughout their lives. James Marcia continued this idea by defining identity as a process where identity exploration and identity commitment take place. Identity exploration is where adolescents take on several roles and identities in order to try to decide which one best fits them. Identity commitment is where an adolescent has chosen an identity and adopts a set of values and goals. When an individual does not go through these two processes or is stuck on one, they often experience depression or anxiety. (Cyr, B et al 80)

In one’s life, there are many core memories that make up who a person is and many life changing events or people that help shape your identity. At the time, one might not realize how much someone changed their life, or how an event completely changed them as a person, but in the end, one will be truly grateful for the events and people who helped them become who they are; just as I am. The day I met my best friend changed a lot of aspects of my life and helped shape my identity. We met at basketball practice over Thanksgiving break this past year, and we had never talked before because I was scared that I would not be funny enough or she would think I was not popular enough. Then, one day we were in the middle of a drill and I decided step

There are many people in the world who identify themselves in many ways. People can identify themselves by their race, religion, nationality, culture, ethnicity, gender and much more are all factors to create a person’s identity. Some factors may have influence someone's identity or some people doesn't have any influences at all. A person's interest is what sets people apart from each other. People do not have to share the same interests. People do not need to be told of who they can become or not but instead they choose their own path of the way they want to live. They would set out goals that they would achieve and accomplish during their lifetime. Everybody is different because each individual has their own way of living. You as a

The two positions of personal identity over-time consider whether we are ‘tracking persons’ or ‘human beings’. Through analysing Locke’s account of personal identity and his definition of a ‘person’, the first side of this argument will be explained. However in opposition to Locke’s theory, the second position that considers us as ‘human beings’ will also be assessed, as advocated by animalists such as Olson. In response to this examples of cases such as amnesia will also be taken into consideration and how Parfait’s psychological continuity theory resolves prior objections to Locke’s argument made by Butler and Reid. The conclusion reached will show support towards this new Lockean theory of personal identity due to psychological

Personal identity is essential in the human experience. Identity is complex and can be broken down into two main groups: introspective identity, and bodily identity. Introspective identity is based off of the groups, mentalities, or beliefs that you align yourself with, and bodily identity is based off of the physical side of yourself. Whether physical or introspective, your identity impacts every action you take. Whether choices ranging from what colors you prefer to which college you want to attend are primarily based off of your introspective identity, which is a combination of both memory and consciousness, physical identity impacts how others perceive you. Consciousness is mainly the awareness of bodily identity as well as continuous introspective identify, while memory is awareness of introspective identity. These two different facets of identity are imperative in the distinction between bodily identity and introspective identity. In means of personal identity introspective identity (which is evident in memory), is essential, while bodily identity (based partially in consciousness) has less credit.

I chose to interview my nephew, Jeremy for this paper. Jeremy and I are members of the same family; but, have different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. My family is a very large family and consists of; six brothers, sister in- laws, and fifteen nieces and nephews. My brother, Joe, married an African-American women (Sandra) and had two sons; but, they look nothing alike. Surprisingly, Jeremy’s appearance is African-American and Anthony looks Caucasian.

This particular assignment has been very tough for me. I don’t believe that the neighborhoods in which I grew up had a certain importance in shaping my political identity. However, the countries in which I have resided have helped me find my own personal identity, and with it; my political one. Several times I have been asked where am I from, and while I want to say that I’m from Nicaragua, there’s always something that stops me. It’s not lack of pride of my hometown, but it’s because it doesn’t seem fair to the other countries that have played their part in raising me and shaping me into the woman that I am today.

As the adolescent moves closer to maturity, certain dimensions of adequacy become more important. First, there is a sense of individual maturity, which includes self-control, self-esteem, and self-initiative. Next is interpersonal maturity, covering the ability to communicate, trust, and understand and manage relationships with others. Finally, there is social maturity requiring a general openness to the idea that things change and an acceptance or tolerance of differences among people. The psychosocial self means the total configuration of the individual and the personality mechanisms that integrate him or her. A logical sense of personal identity is the broadest expression of successful mastery of these areas. Successful identity formation

The primary task of an adolescent is identity development in a social and peer context that plays a significant role (Erikson, 1993; Berk, 2014). According to a self-report study, Kretsch et al. (2016) suggest that there are cross-cultural differences among peers in perceived development in which there are differences in pubertal timing regarding ethnic and race differences. The findings show that “non-Hispanic White adolescents mature slightly later than African American and Hispanic adolescents” (Sun et al. 2002 in Kretsch et al., 2016). Also, peer friends are comparable in a wide-ranging aspect of “physical appearance, including body mass index” (Cohen-Cole & Fletcher 2008; Fowler & Christakis, 2008 in Kretsch et al., 2016), which is correlated

If you have ever gotten on any kind of social media, you are probably pretty familiar with advertisements. An advertisement is a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy. If your like me, you would probably just push the exit sign and not even think twice about it. However, there are a few occasions where you might stop to look at it, or maybe even click on it to know more. Every time you click like on an ad, or even just go to that website, the internet saves those, and you start building your online identity. However, you have to take into consideration that your online identity might not be the same as your personal identity. For example, you might be a person who loves to play war games, you could have fifty games on your phone that deal with just war and shooting people, so the internet just assumes that's your real identity. Your real

“Pay no mind to what other people say; whatever makes an individual happy is what he or she should do.” This quote comes from my grandmother, who tries her best to teach me about an individual’s personal identity. An individual’s identity represents who he or she truly is; it is something that allows a specific person to stand out from the crowd. During an individual’s life, he or she will come across many obstacles that will shape her or his being and will further shape her or him into someone with particular traits, or an identity. During my life, I grew up with six older siblings who each had voices and opinions quite different than mine. Although I felt different from everyone else, there was always one person who I related to, my

Identity is a construct base on a person’s belief system, background, and personality. There are multiple parts to a person’s identity such as race, religion, gender expression, or sexual orientations to name a few. When we are born into this world some factors are inherited, while others we acquired over time. This paper aims to address my personal experiences with identity development and how each day I am learning how my privilege affects interactions in the world.

Everybody has an identity, it makes them individual and unique, and it defines who you are as a person. This project about my identity showed me what makes me unique. I would have never known how much my friends mean to me or how my identities connect with each other. I have three identities that make me who I am, cultural, personal, and social. A specific quality that covers my cultural identity is being Czechoslovakian. Both sides of my family have at least a part of Czech in them. My great-grandparents are from Czech Republic and my grandpa was the first generation in America, he was born in Ohio. This is very important because I have always identified as Czech and it is a big part of me, as I am so interested in ancestry. For my personal identity, the biggest part is my personality, being loud and outgoing, has always been important to me. The reason being, it is how people view me. A lot of people know me as the loud person or the person who talks a lot. That is meaningful to me considering I like people to view me in a certain way The last identity, social, is one of the most important to me because it involves my friends, and through this project, I learned how vital they really are to my social identity. I realized that I have a good amount of friends in this project. It is nice to have people as a support system and to relate with. These qualities show that I value being loud and outgoing. It also says that I value my family and they are a big part of life. The last one, social, ties in with the first one because it shows I am outgoing and friendly.

Many people question themselves, what is it exactly that makes them unique? What is it that defines them as a unique person that no one in the world possesses? In philosophy, these questions do not have just one answer, and all answers are correct depending on which theory appeals most and makes sense to you. In general, there are two ways people approach this question, some say that a person’s identity is the “self” that carries all of their experiences, thoughts, memories, and consciousness (ego theorists), and some say that a person’s identity is just a bundle of experiences and events that a person has been through in their life, these people deny that the “self” exists (bundle theorists). In this paper, I will be arguing that a person’s identity is just a bundle of experiences, denying the self and the memory criterion.

Now that I am reaching the end of my undergraduate career I feel like it’s fit to reflect on how far i’ve come and some high and low points during this time of my life. Some people may say that these four years of college are the most wonderful times of their life, and for the most part that is correct. But there is this whole other part of college life that is super stressful and even scary. During this paper I will address my personal development and how certain experiences played a role in those developments. Even though I feel like i’ve grown a lot and have developed and learned new things, I have run into some issues. Those issues being family/culture, social and emotional growth, intellectual growth, values and beliefs, citizen and community member.