Psychological Influences On Personal Identity

Sociological Accounts on Individuals Acquiring Their Identities The concept of identity has been defined as 'A sense of self that develops as the child differentiates from parents and family and takes a place in society' (Jary and Jary, 1991.) Through the process of socialization, individuals acquire their identities, but this issue cause different understandings according to sociological accounts. Here, I will show these accounts, and make an analysis understood by me.

Self-identity has always been an integral aspect of human beings, allowing individualism and variety among the human race. However, difficulties in finding self-identity have been extremely common, especially towards the end of youth. Many families have set expectations on how an adolescent should behave. This may generate self-doubt upon the teenager and eventually result in unwanted conflict when the expectations cannot be achieved. Associating with influences from family members, many young adults have also experienced a negative interaction with peers due to contrasting personalities. The environment shared with the peers may become hostile, forcing a change, in a desperation to fit in. Society has taught young people that disobeying

In Don’s lecture, he discusses the dialectical model of Identity formation, which includes three components or circles that interact. The subjective reality, the objective reality and Indigenous objective reality. Subjective reality is the individual’s identity that is comprised of someone’s thoughts and feelings. Objective reality is outside of the self, encompassing the culture in mainstream society, such as institutions, history, capitalism and rules. The indigenous objective reality is influenced by both mainstream society and Aboriginal culture. People’s feelings and behaviours are likely to mimic those of the urban people around them.

Everyone is influenced by the culture they grew up in and the many aspects of their life shape who they are and the attitudes, values, and biases that they hold. These attitudes, values, and biases then influence not only our personal life but also our work. It is so important to recognize the many different aspects that affect us and why so that we can have more awareness of our own weaknesses and be cautious when working in situations that could be influenced by them. Our culture is a major part of our personal identity and shapes our professional identity (Arredondo, Toporek, & Brown, 1996). , influenced the person that I am today, and though as counselors we always try for perfection that is unrealistic. I know

Did you know two thirds of the world is affected by something that may have not even occurred close to their country? So many things in this world including people can change who an individual really is. Things such as trends and people’s judgment are the major issues today that people do not seem to be who they actually are. There is nothing that can really be done about this, since people acting as themselves seem to be judged. Just like Scout in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, she does not act like how society wants her to even though they accuse her for being herself. Eventually throughout the story the only thing she wants is to grow up to be lady since that is what most people want her to be. The novel has many events that take place in which the circumstances that one lives in can affect the development of their identity. Harper Lee suggests that circumstances such as past family, society beliefs, and gender stereotypes all affect one’s development of their identity. There are numerous amounts of events that occur in To Kill A Mockingbird which demonstrates the fact that one’s circumstances affect the development of their identity, one way is the situation of their past family.

Only have lived twenty years so far, I’ve learned that personal identity is one of the most important parts of a person. Personal identity is the basic outline of who we are and what society views us as. Sometimes society or even others around us may not like who we are or what we stand for and may try to change us. This is not our fault as the individual; society tends to dislike and fear what it doesn’t understand or what it views as different. Reading short stories such as “The Birthmark”, “A Rose for Emily”, as well as “Hills Like White Elephants” reminds me that it is essential that I not let society tell me who I am or identify me incorrectly. Even if society doesn’t accept you, you have to uphold your views of confidence and

most likely see me as innocent and precious where as if I am a teacher

Within this course I have learned numerous components and life factors that aid in forming a person’s identity. These components are dominant culture and co-culture influences. Many were ascribed to me and some were personally achieved or sought out. The ones in which I associate myself with are not all shared with my peers. Furthermore, I am a 19 year old, white (Euro-American) female raised and living amongst other white (Euro-American) family members. My family would be considered working middle class in the socioeconomic system. Each family member (including me) only speaks American English. We know a few phrases or words in other languages, but could never have a conversation in another language. Moreover, some of the most influential aspects of my identity are my religion and where I was raised geographically speaking, which is shared and taught to me by my family. I am a protestant Christian. Therefore, I use the bible and New Testament as a guide to how I should live and respond to life situations. Therefore, my perspective and outlook on life is through a Christian lens. So there have been times where my religion has created conflict when interacting with others because my religion and faith in Jesus Christ is deeply rooted in my family history and personal identity. Lastly, I have grown up and currently live in a rural country community. I live amongst farmers, hunters, fisherman, and more. Our little farm is surrounded by hundreds of acres of state land 40

I grew up in an average middle-class family, where I attend a public primary school during the early years of my life. Primary school was rather simple reason been most of the pupils were friendly and there was so social division both inside and outside of class. However, once I entered high school life became different with the existence of classes due to boundaries between the well-behaved students who were also classified as middle class and the students who were rude and involve themselves in truancy was considered middle class. During this time, my personality and emotional developments were developing and with the emotional support from my parents my self-identity was enhanced. Which in turn gave me the foundation to become the person I am now. Emotional and Personality development can have a positive outcome on behaviors, learning and the decision that are made in schools this then can lead to a stronger self-identity.

The concept of Self-Identity, and the theories that relate to it, are ever-present in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The concept of Self-Identity is a Psychological concept that many famous Psychologists have spent years studying. The main theories of self-identity that relate to the story of Frankenstein are those by Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The ideas of Sigmund Freud’s concept of Superego, Id, and Ego are represented by Victor’s father, the creation, and Victor with their actions in the novel. Carl Jung’s theory of shadow and self is represented by Victor and his creation. The theory of tabula rasa and nature versus nurture are shown by Victor and his relationship with his creation. In Frankenstein, several psychological concepts based on self-identity are showcased by Victor and his relationships with other beings.

Although American society provides us with much, it hurts our identities. There is an expectation to act a certain way and fit in. Technology has made us impressionable and tells us what to think, not allowing for personal opinions. School, a big part of society, does not allow people to pursue other activities and parts of their identities. American society tries to tell us how to act, what to think, and doesn’t allow time to discover ourselves.

There are many factors and people in my life that have influenced my identity; that gave me the proper respect, influence, outgoing, and brave characteristics that I have today. I feel like I have become a way better person than i was in the past and I overcame many things that have scared me in the past mentally and self consciously. Ever since I was a kid it would be very difficult to be myself in front of anyone because I alway felt that I was different to everyone mainly becuase of my sexuallity. In addition, my family is a big contribution on teaching me super good manners, and not only being respectful but also being myself.

Growing up I never would have imagined that I would join the military after high school. Most of family members are Chinese immigrants and have no military background, which is why I chose this picture. In the picture are my classmates and myself at our Airman Leadership School graduation.

Everyone has an identity. A person's characters are the combination of their memories, thoughts, feelings, and personal experiences. If you are meeting someone new for the first time, what do you see? Their difficult childhood? Their struggles to get where they are? People can only see other’s outer identity and not their character because the components that are the core of one’s character is covered up by their external identity, the labels. The labels shape a person's social and personal identity in society and the environment they grew up in, conforming them to the norm and dispossesses the identities of those who are different.

Individual identity or the self identity means what people think about themselves. The thinking comes from how the personal contacts of an individual take place on the physical, emotional and psychological level. Identification with one’s own identity develops through thinking. This thinking takes place through the interaction taking place in the family by the family members, neighbourhood, society and the community. The factors that shape the individual identity of a person help to shape up the attributes, behaviors, beliefs and relationships of an individual. At times when the identity of an individual is not established in the society then that individual can take unnatural means or illegal ways to foster that identity.