Personal Identity

Question 1

What is personal identity?

Answer 1

Qualities and traits to which we feel a special attachment or sense of ownership.

Question 2

What are the two categories of personal identity?

Answer 2

Given identity and chosen identity.

Question 3

What is given identity?

Answer 3

Conditions you can’t control, such as age, race, and ethnicity.

Question 4

What is chosen identity?

Answer 4

Characteristics you choose for yourself, such as occupation, hobbies, and political affiliation.

Question 5

What is social identity?

Answer 5

A person’s membership in a social group.

Question 6

What is the difference between an in-group and an out-group?

Answer 6

An in-group is a social group you are part of; an out-group is a group you are not part of.

Question 7

How are social identities described as “dynamic”?

Answer 7

They can be chosen or innate, visible or invisible, and stable or shifting.

Question 8

How are social identities described as “multiple”?

Answer 8

Everyone has multiple social identities that impact their lived experience.

Question 9

How are social identities described as “sociological”?

Answer 9

Society determines which identities are highlighted.

Question 10

How are social identities described as “salient”?

Answer 10

Some social identities feel more prominent in specific contexts.

Question 11

What is adopted identity?

Answer 11

Identifying yourself based on what others think of you.

Question 12

What is the “The Platinum Rule”?

Answer 12

Do unto others as they would want to be done to them.

Question 13

How is “The Platinum Rule” different from “The Golden Rule”?

Answer 13

The Platinum Rule focuses on how others want to be treated, while the Golden Rule focuses on how you want to be treated.