Types of Identity

Name: ANGELINA ANDREA MANTILLA GALVIS

1. Answer the following questions according to the video.

 Define self-concept and its categories:

Term used to refer what someone thinks about
Existential self:
Sense of being different from others
Categorical
You have qualities that could change
It’s an object with properties this happens in early childhood.
internal psychological traits.

 Define the difference between self-image, self-esteem, and ideal self:

self-image: it’s what we believe we are ,How much value do we place on ourselves and What do
we want to be

2. Based on the article, define your own identity in the following chart. Provide examples or
reasons.

Type of identity Your definition

• Racial Identity I consider myself as White Person , With latin vibes

• Ethnic Identity I am Colombian, Born in Cúcuta,but living in chia

• Sexual orientation
Bisexual orientated
identity

• Gender identity Female

• Ability identity Able-Bodied

• Religious identity Catholic

 • National/regional Colombian

identity

• Socioeconomic
Middle Class
identity

3. After watching the TED talk, please write your main takeaway about how identities can be
constructed socially:

Four steps of constructing identity :

Receive.
Accept
Express
Repeat

It’s my identity going to change? Not really, it’s all the experiences that we have experienced.
We don’t need to choose one option and another
Something Static
You can’t construct your identity by yourself.
identity It’s a change it’s not like a group project it’s more like
Push myself to do better.