Understanding Identity
How many identities can someone have?
infinity
This type of identity is geographically based within a nation.
What is Regional Identity?
Jimmy Butler, who was just traded to the Golden State Warriors, is unaware of their system and team culture. The identity stage Butler is in ___
What is Stage 1: Unexamined identity? (minority)
What is a global nomad?
People who grow up in many different cultural contexts because their parents relocated
Name three different types of social/cultural identities
What is Gender, Sexual, Racial, Ethnic, National, Regional, Age, Physical Identity, Religious, Socioeconomic Class, & Personal?
What is "popular Culture" Identity?
how people define themselves based on trends in music, fashion, movies, social media, and other mainstream influences.
Maddie's grandma doesn't understand the meaning of the word "sus." This is likely due to a difference in ___ Identity.
What is Age?
The stage someone is in when they can proudly blend their cultural traditions along with their current environment.
What is Stage 4: Integration? (minority)
The difference between encapsulated and constructive identities is...
Encapsulated identity: identity torn between different cultural identities
Constructive identities: identity actively negotiated from various cultures
A U-Curve is...
A theory of cultural adaptation posing that migrants go through fairly predictable phases in adapting to a new cultural situation
Claire goes to college as an introvert book warm and experiences the College freshman Identity Shift where she begins to come out of her shell and try new things. this is an exampe of...
An identity spurt
Ram hurt his wrist a few weeks ago and recently recovered so he can play basketball. He's experiencing a change in his ____ Identity.
What is Physical Ability?
After learning more about racial issues, George realizes that the struggles of minority groups aren’t their fault but are caused by larger social systems. The stage he is experiencing is ___
What is Stage 3: Resistance? (majority)
A new approach to racial and ethnic identity, where identities are fluid and driven by personal identity preferences
Post-ethnicity
The name of the person who presented "Understanding Identity."
How do people react when their identity is negatively stereotyped?
As a response, you might resist those labels or stereotypes by pushing back and defining your own identity in ways that feel more true to you
This identity can trace back to cultural origin or family history.
What is Ethnic Identity?
Someone who criticizes their own cultural group to fit into the dominant group is in the ____ stage
What is Conformity? (minority)
Young Yun Kim's notion of _______ suggests that more and more people who live on cultural borders undergo a gradual process of intercultural evolution.
intercultural personhood
This step is the same in Majority & Minority Identity Development.
What is Unexamined Identity (Step 1)?
How do societal influences relate to intercultural communication?
they shape values, norms, and stereotypes that affect how people from different cultures communicate. They impact language use, nonverbal cues, and expectations in interactions, sometimes leading to misunderstandings or bias.
These identities heavily impact each other.
What are Social & Cultural Identities?
Many people never reach this stage
What is Stage 4: Redefinition and Reintegration (majority)
Outline the stages of development of racial identity for multiracial children
1. Awareness-of-differentness: they don’t fit into a neat racial category
2. Struggle for acceptance: experience both cultures (cultural fringe)
3. Self-acceptance and assertion: find a secure sense of self