IDENTITIES

How do we create an Identity?

• Avowal – occurs when we decide what constitutes our identity. We have a picture of who we think we are and try to become that. I picture myself as an active person who loves to do extreme sports. So I make sure I stay active in extreme sports.

How do we create an identity?

Ascription – This occurs when people tell you what you should be. This is when they expect you to be a certain way that they see in you. If your actions are not what is expected, confusion will occur. They will assign some quality or a character to you

Two different types of ascription

Reactive

• This is when someone is personally assuming an identity because of a role you have.

• Example-Because I'm a fire fighter I'm expected to look like one with a crew cut hair cut and a mustache. I don’t look the part at all

Proactive

• This is when someone has assigned an identity, or pushes an identity by others based on what they expect from the role you have.

What is an idenititiy?

• Identity is created by the development of the self we see in our self.

• We have many which are created and influenced by the society and dynamic we are raised in.

• We learn of our identity through communication

• We also express are identity through communication

List of what makes up our identity

• Gender- Male or Female

• Age- How old we are

• Race- Are we Caucasian, Hispanic, African American, Asian

• Physical Ability- The shape we are in, are we fit or out of shape?

• Religion- Do we believe in anything.

• Personality- It is a combination of emotional, and behavioral response of an individual.

In class we went over different identities one can have. It opened my eyes up to my own identities. Here I will show you some of my own

I didn’t come from a family with a lot of money. The one thing we always had and did was going wakeboarding since I was nine. It is my favorite extreme sport.

Skateboarding is another identity I find in my self I associate with them on a daily basis.

I am a United States Wild land Firefighter. I hold strong to that identity. I may be a skateboarder but I'm also a proud firefighter

I find my self getting different identities tatted on me. I love the tattoo side of me, great way to express myself

This is a picture of me and my girlfriend at the Nut Cracker Ballet. Another identity I find in my self I love plays and shows.

My Grand parents were holocaust survivors. There both Jewish and I’m bar mitzad so I have a Jewish identity.

This is a picture of Empire ranch golf coarse. I have been golfing for years and I absolutely love it. I can enjoy a beautiful day on the coarse and think of nothing but how nice it really is to be playing

All the identities you can have

In this class I have learned that we

have so many different identities. I

wakeboard, skateboard, snowboard,

golf , I'm vary family oriented. So I

hope this power point has given you a

different look at all my different

identities

Snowboarding is big part of my identity. I moved to South Lake Tahoe so I could ride and be on the MT. as much as possible.