Chapter 1 - Identities and diversities Flashcards
Embodiment
Book 1 Part 1
Page 49
Indicates that we live in and through our bodies and that we simultaneously experience our bodies physically and biologically as well as socially and psychologically.
Hint: Body language
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Core Identity
Book 1 Part 1
Page 52
The central identity that individuals have to achieve from different aspects of their identities if they are to be psychologically healthy.
Note: Erikson and Marcia view identity as PSYCHOSOCIAL (recognises the influence of both personal and social factors on identity development) and as a bridge between the identity that is most central to us: CORE IDENTITY.
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Social Identity Theory (SIT)
Book 1 Part 1
Page 62
A theory of the social processes by which people come to identify with particular groups and separate themselves from others.
Note: Erikson’s theory dealt with this by focusing on how we achieve our individual identities, rather than how we develop group identities.
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Minimal Group
Book 1 Part 1
Page 64
Groups set up in Social Identity Theory research to identify the minimum conditions necessary for group identities to form.
Note: linked to the Klee and Kandinsky picture experiment. In minimal groups the participants have no practical purpose or reason for being in a group and there is no ‘real’ conflict of interest between the groups.
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Social Constructionism
Book 1 Part 1
Page 69
Theory that the ways in which we understand the world are not just ‘natural’, but are ‘constructed’ between people as they go about their everyday lives and interact with each other.
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