The Concept Of Identity

Question 1

What did Jenkins say about identity?

Answer 1

‘Identity involves knowing who we are, us knowing who they think we are and so on’

Question 2

How is identity different to personality?

Answer 2

Personality is fixed, identity is fluid and changeable

Question 3

Who said that identity is about marking out similarities and differences with others?

Answer 3

Lawler

Question 4

What is the ‘me’ in Mead’s ‘I and me’ theory?

Answer 4

The social self, constructed by interactions with others

Question 5

What is the ‘I’ in Mead’s ‘I and me’ theory?

Answer 5

The part of us that can act creatively and reacts to the ‘me’

Question 6

Who came up with the ‘I and me’ theory?

Answer 6

Mead

Question 7

What helps people ‘fit’ into the society they live in?

Answer 7

Identity

Question 8

What does Mead recognise the self to be?

Answer 8

Something which is developed over time and changes based on social experience

Question 9

Who talked about master status?

Answer 9

Becker

Question 10

What is a master status?

Answer 10

A dominant starts that overrides all other aspects of a person’s identity