SOCSCI 2P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Identity Formation, Reference Group
10 Dec 2016
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Researchers refer to this as a connectedness and it includes integrating forces that help to establish and maintain relationships with others and encourages a social identity. A set of relationships outside of ourselves. For example, being canadian we find certain virtues that we conceptualize with. One can pursue a career they like. Governments serve the citizenry or are quickly replaced: individual identity. Includes the separateness that evolves out of individuation and differentiating forces. What is it that makes you who you are: researchers state that the 2 are complementary and are needed forms of self. Focus on chapter 6, chapter 8 and chapter 10 (bibby texts) Trying to understand self: 3 general perspectives: pioneering perspective: william james, me = self as known, material self. Sexual self: spiritual or psychological self. I= self as knower organizes, construes and creates the quality of personal experience. This is where we become an individual. I defi(cid:374)es the (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gful(cid:374)ess of the aspe(cid:272)ts of the (cid:862)(cid:373)e(cid:863)
