Identity

Question 1

Define identity

Answer 1

Refers to how you see yourself

Question 2

Define social identity

Answer 2

Refers to how other people see you. The social expectation that society attaches to our status which we attempt to live up too.

Question 3

What is social identity shaped by

Answer 3

Family, peer group, education, religion and workplace.

Question 4

When do you acquire a social identity

Answer 4

When you reach adulthood

Question 5

What do some sociologists argue

Answer 5

They argue that aspects of our identity are imposed on us by social forces such as ethnicity, nationality, gender, social class, sexuality, age and disability.