Identity & Difference

Prepared by
Dr. Teena Saharan
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 What makes each of us who we are?
• Is it role in a family (e.g., daughter, sister, mother),
our hobbies and interests (e.g., guitar player, football
fan), our background (e.g., religion, race, nationality,
hometown, place of birth), and our physical
characteristics?
OR
• What skills and different roles I play in life; my
situations define me or the labels that others put on
me, While others see me as having that identity, I
don't.
 What is Identity?
• Identities are the traits and characteristics, social relations, roles,
and social group memberships that define who one is.
• Identities can be focused on the past-what used to be true of one,
the present-what is true of one now, or the future-the person one
expects or wishes to become, the person one feels obligated to try
to become, or the person one fears one may become.
• Identities are orienting, they provide a meaning-making lens and
focus one's attention on some but not other features of the
immediate context.
• Together, identities make up one's self-concept variously described
as what comes to mind when one thinks of oneself, one's theory
of one's personality, and what one believes is true of oneself.
Draw an Identity Matrix
 What is Self?
• Self is both a product of situations and a shaper of behavior in
situations.
• Making sense of oneself-who one is, was, and may become, and
therefore the path one should take in the world-is a core self-
project.
• An individualistic perspective focuses on how one is separate and
different from others, but people can also consider how they are
similar and connected via relationships (sometimes called a
collectivistic perspective).
• An immersed perspective focuses on the self up close and from
inside the mind's eye, but people can also consider themselves in
other ways. They can consider how they might look from a
distance, how they might look from the outside, in the eyes of
others.
Let’s Talk About You…
(Would you like to be same as others are?)
 What is different?

• Definition: Not the same as another or each

other; unlike in nature, form, or quality.
 Why Different?
• Being different makes you more fascinating

• You aren’t living to please others

• Being different means you’re irreplaceable!

• It will make you more attractive and boost

your confidence
 Cont…
• It allows you to be true to yourself
• It’s a lot less stress
• You develop true and lasting relationships
• It helps increase your creative potential
• You contribute so much more to the world
• It helps increase self esteem
• It prepares you for greater success
• You have the power to say no when you want
• You will have fewer regrets
• You are a much needed inspiration to others-to all of us.
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