Application: My Social Identities
Deaux''s article "social identity" Which of your social identities did you assume i.e have you chosen?
which ones have been ascribed i.e given to you, by others and/or circumstances. Which ones, if any, cannot be so clearly categorized, and for what reasons? Which social identities, if any, afford you advantage and/or disadvantages, and in what ways?
Considering that society attributes certain stereotypical traits to different social identities, at the point in the course, which of your social identities do you believe conforms most/least to the stereotypical traits attributed to it by society-and in what ways?
Which one of your social identities evokes deep, strong emotions, and in what ways does this emotional connection manifest itself in your life?
In what ways do any or all of your social identities influence your behaviour when you are with people who are like you/different from you-and in what ways do other people''s or groups behaviours influence your social roles?