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    Self-Identity is awareness of the question “Who am I?” There are many aspects that contribute to one’s self-identity, from race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, culture, etc. Culture is a social concept of the social behavior and norms found in society. it can help shape our personal identity. For instance, I am Nigerian-American. I was born and raised in the United States, but my family is all Nigerian. I have the cultural influence from Nigerians its shown in the foods I eat, the way

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    Self-identity is molded as a young age, but continues to change as we get older. This is something that we all do not realize. During a person’s lifetime many of us pause to think what influence a person’s identity. What makes us the individual that we are? I would say that it is our home, where we live with our parents and siblings. Why do we have trust in certain things? Why do we believe the way we do? I would say it is based on the way we were taught and raised a set of opinions that have been

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    Self-identity is like a puzzle that gets constructed with answer Pieces as we grow older and truly understand ourselves. Things such as race, education, class, religion, culture are some of the pieces that fill the blank spaces in the puzzle and influences us as a person. But the main factor that has the biggest influence on who we are as a person is society and the people around us simply because of the society we which we are nurtured in inserts the culture, ideals, beliefs, certain way of thinking

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    Self Identity

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    became my main objective to keep myself focused instead of worrying about being a loner and trying to make friends. The transition from a private school to a public one was not easy, but it was the learning experience I needed push me to find a self-identity and develop an appreciation for education.

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    Self-identity plays a large and significant role in shaping each of our lives. It is very important because it affects the way you feel about yourself and how you behave in challenging situations. In “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros, the main character, Esperanza, is an approximately 12-year-old Mexican-American girl who struggles for self-definition and underscores her every action and encounter as she matures emotionally and sexually. Similarly, in “The Absolutely True Diary of a

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    Outline and explain some of the difficulties young people face in finding their self-identity Young people are facing more pressure to fit in socially and is causing their self-identity to diminish. In particular, adolescents are adopting new personas, so they can fit into what is so-called culturally acceptable in modern-day society due to third-party influences. One obvious negative concern is that lacking qualities in parent-adolescent relationships can cause narcissism. Additionally, conformity

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    Self-Identity Qualities

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    Identity is defined as the qualities that distinguish one from someone else. Thus, self- identity is how one characterizes themselves as an individual. This may at first seem easy to conclude. One might say I am me because I look in the mirror and recognize myself. Or, I am me because I possess a mind and memories unique to me that cannot be replicated by another in the same perspective. However, the body and the mind undergo constant change throughout life, so how can they be attributed to one’s

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    “Identity is a multifaceted concept” (Giddens, Appelbaum, Duneier & Carr, 2013). It is hard to define identity, as it is how people understand themselves and what is important to them (Giddens, Appelbaum, Duneier & Carr, 2013). Identities are complex constructions, as people from different backgrounds will hold different views on the idea of identity. There are two main types of identity: social identity and self-identity. Self-identity is how people view themselves as individuals in relation to

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    Pet Self Identity

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    Identity can be expressed in different types of possessions. Except money, house, collections, and other products which have been purchased and kept by consumers, Belk (1988) claims that pets can be one part of the possession categories and act as extensions of the consumer’s self. Furthermore, Holbrook and Zwick (2006) hold the similar ideas that consumers who are pet fancy that would like to use pets as possessions to build self-identity, and especially dogs, are raised by their owners with human

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    The Search for Self Identity During adolescence and sometimes even to late adulthood, people are searching for their identity, a relatively clear and stable sense of who one is and what one stands for (Weiten & Lloyd, 2006). Identity formation is the central task of adolescence, according to Erik Eriksons’s theory of psychosocial development (Bernstein, 2008). Erikson believed that identity emerges from an identity crisis, which is the phase when one attempts to develop a self-image as a unique

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