GEC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Christopher, Heredity
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We are what we are right now is not just because of a single factor. Some people believe that the self or identity can be more accurately depicted using a single factor or aspect. For example, we often hear people ask another to describe a particular person using a number of words. Please use the comment box for your answers. To describe, most people would use the physical appearance of the friend he is describing. Physical appearance refers to how we physically present our self to other people. "our self cannot be singly represented by a certain trait because our self/identity is composed of multidimensional aspects and that we are a product of multidimensional factors. " Refers to the influences of significant people in a person"s life. This particularly includes the social groups where an individual identifies oneself. Social factors are strong foundations of one"s being.