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1. UNDERSTANDING THE SELF WEEK 4 -PRELIM
PERSONAL IDENTITY

2. THE SELF, IDENTITY, AND
PERSONALITY
•The Self
•Identity
•Personality

3. SELF-UNDERSTANDING
•Self —All characteristics of a person
•Self-understanding, self-esteem, self-concept
•Identity—who a person is, representing a synthesis
of self-understanding.
•Your identity is composed of what drives you, your principles,
core values, and philosophy –the essence of your being
•Personality—enduring personal characteristics of
individuals
The Self

4. SELF-UNDERSTANDING
•Cognitive representation of the self,
substance of self conceptions
•Young children perceive self as external
characteristics.
•Older children recognize difference
between inner and outer states.
The Self

5. SELF-UNDERSTANDING IN
ADOLESCENCE
•Abstract and idealistic
•Self-conscious; preoccupied with self
•Compare real and ideal selves
•Possible selves: what persons may be, would
like to be, and are afraid of becoming
The Self

6. CHANGES IN SELF-
UNDERSTANDING IN ADULTHOOD
•Self-Awareness
•Awareness of strengths and weaknesses
•Improves in young and middle adulthood
•Possible Selves
•Get fewer and more concrete with age
•Some revise throughout adulthood
•Life Review
•Some in middle age, common in older adults
•Evaluations of successes and failures
The Self

7. ERIKSON’S IDEAS ON IDENTITY
•Identity versus identity confusion
•Adolescents examine who they are, what they are about, and
where they are going in life
•Psychosocial moratorium
•Gap between childhood security and adult autonomy, part of
adolescent identity exploration.
•a person has the opportunity to try on multiple identities and/or
roles before firmly committing to one.
Identity

8. IDENTITY COMPONENTS
•Achievement/intellectual identity
•Vocational/career identity
•Cultural/ethnic identity
•Relationship identity
•Religious identity
•Physical identity
•Interest
•Personality
•Sexual identity
•Political identity
Identity

9. CONTEMPORARY VIEWS OF
IDENTITY
•Gradual, lengthy process
•Identity formation neither begins nor ends
with adolescence
•Appearance of attachment
•Development of a sense of self
•Emergence of independence in infancy
•Resolution does not mean lifetime stability
Identity

10. IDENTITY STATUSES
•According to James Marcia: Individuals go
through periods of
•Crisis: exploringalternatives during identity
development
•Commitment: individuals show personal
investment in what they are going to do
Identity

11. Identity
MARCIA’S IDENTITY STATUSES
Fig. 11.9

12. DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN
IDENTITY STATUS
•Young adolescents primarily in statuses of
diffusion, foreclosure, or moratorium
•Important for achieving positive identity
•Confidence in parental support
•Established sense of industry
•Able to adopt self-reflective stance of future
Identity

13. •Diffusion
•Foreclosure
•Moratorium

14. VIEWS ON ADULT DEVELOPMENT
•Stage-Crisis View
•Levinson’s Seasons of a Man’s Life
•Stage and transitions occur in life span
•Tasks or crisis in each stage shape personality
•Levinson’s midlife crisisin 40s: try to cope
with gap between past and future
Personality

15. LEVINSON’S SEASONS OF LIFE
Personality
Era of late
adulthood:
60 to ?
Late Adult Transition:
Age 60 to 65
Age 50 transition:
50 to 55
Culminating life
structure for middle
adulthood: 55 to 60
Entry life structure
for middle
adulthood: 45 to 50
Middle Adult Transition:
Age 40 to 45
Early Adult Transition:
Age 17 to 22
Age 30 transition:
28 to 33
Culminating life
structure for early
adulthood: 33 to 40
Entry life structure
for early adulthood:
22 to 28

16. LIFE EVENTS FRAMEWORK
Personality
Fig. 11.14

17. PERSONALITY VS. IDENTITY
•Your personality is the way you
define yourself. It is the way you
express yourself, how funny you
are feeling, and the way you
respond in various situations.

18. •Identity refers to the characteristics that
distinguish you from other people, and
which make you distinctive.It also entails
self-determination and self-esteem.
•This is how you view yourself as well as
the lens through that you see others.

19. •Our identity is formed by whatdecisions wemake.
•They are the result of both external and internal
factors and things such as appearance, self-
expression, interests, family/friends/coworkers,
and life experiences.

20. •Personality is a collection of all the traits
(behavioral emotional, temperamental and
mental) that define their individuality.
•Your personality isn’t you. Your
personality is the way you conduct
yourself.You can alter your personality
throughout your lifetime.

21. ANY QUESTIONS ?