Constructing Identities

Question 1

Social Identity

Answer 1

The view that people have of their own and others’ positions in society (who we are and how we stand in relation to others)

Question 2

Enculturation

Answer 2

The process through which individuals learn their identity

Question 3

Sir Francis Galton

Answer 3

• Inspired by Darwinism
• Eugenics

Question 4

Eugenics

Answer 4

The idea that to improve the human species only certain people should be allowed to reproduce

Question 5

Biocultural Approach

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Takes into consideration both cultural and biological aspects of identities, as they are a product of both culture and genetics

Question 6

Personhood

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• Names distinguish ourselves from others
• How we introduce ourselves helps to place us in relation to others

Question 7

Shishalh Naming

Answer 7

• Shishalh people get a new name during their transition from childhood to adulthood
• Introduce themselves using name, where their family is from, + who their family is

Question 8

Umbundu of Angola Naming system

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• First child is named after a relative
• 2nd child is named after key event that happened around time of birth
• Each child has its own last name

Question 9

Egocentric

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A sense of self that defines each person as being capable of acting independently from others, with their motivations and drives being internal

Question 10

Sociocentric

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A context-dependant view of self, where the self exists within the concrete or roles occupied by that person

Question 11

Ethnic Identity

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A real or imagined common history in which they share a common language, religion, racial background, etc. and they try to maintain it in order to stay cohesive and unified

Question 12

Rights of passage

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• By Arnold van Gennep
• Separation, liminality, reincorporation

Question 13

Showing our identity

Answer 13

• Objects
• Actions
• Language
• Association

Question 14

Imagined Communities

Answer 14

A sense of community culturally constructed through forces like mass media, despite the absence of face-to-face interactions

Question 15

Marcel Mauss

Answer 15

Wrote The Gift in 1925, which looked at the concept of reciprocity

Question 16

Principle of Reciprocity

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The act of giving and receiving gifts, which creates a feeling of obligation as the gift you received must be repaid in some way

Question 17

Potlach

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• Done by various Indigenous groups in the Northwest Coast
• Is a celebration and allows groups to establish or reaffirm their identity and status among others

Question 18

Commodities

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Items that involve a transfer of value

Question 19

Gifts

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Possessions that carry meaning and represent relationships

Question 20

Social Movements

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Organised activities by groups of people to achieve certain goals

Question 21

Composite Positionality

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Holding multiple identities at the same time