1. Emotional Health Unit
Topic 2 Identity

2. Brain Storm What does identity mean?
What are the different parts of a person’s identity?
How would you describe the identity of a teenager?
Brain Storm

3. Identity Who you are Includes 4 parts Physical Traits Activities
Social Connections
Internal Thoughts/Feelings
Identity

4. Physical Identity Gender Race Age Physical Characteristics Height
Weight
Hair Color
Etc.
Physical Identity

5. Active Identity Engagement in particular activities Hobbies Interests
Examples
Sports
Music
Community service
Active Identity

6. Social Identity Group members Connection to other people
Family members
Friends
Coworkers
Group members
Cultural
Religious
Clubs
Teams
Cliques
Social Identity

7. Psychological Identity
Internal thoughts and feelings
Attitudes
Personal values
Goals/dreams
Dislikes
Personality traits
Psychological Identity

8. Identity Formation Parts are developed at different ages
Children: physical & active
Early Adolescence: social
Late Adolescence: psychological
Role Models: people whose behavior you admire
Strong influence on behavior
Identity Formation

9. Who are your role models?
Let’s Discuss

10. Gender Identity: a person’s biological sex and how it is expressed
Gender Roles: “appropriate” attitudes and behaviors per gender
Influenced by environment
Androgynous: exhibiting both feminine and masculine traits
Gender Stereotypes: culturally-defined assumptions about gender roles
Gender Identity

11. Ethnicity: social group that shares cultural and/or national ties
Components
Traditions
Language
Religious practices
Cultural values
Ethnic Identity

12. Ethnic Identity Formation
Emerges in 3 stages during adolescence (Phinney)
Unexamined (Diffused) Ethnic Identity: teens do not think about the meaning of their ethnicity
Identity Search/Moratorium: teens actively search for information about the meaning of their identity
Achievement: teens feel secure in their sense of ethnic identity and find it personally important.
Ethnic Identity Formation

13. Identity changes throughout the life stages

14. Setting goals that are particular to a life stage help a person feel good and maintain mental and emotional health
Adolescence: Stage 5 (12-18 YO)
Primary Goal: Identity formation
Necessary for healthy relationships
Period of exploration and testing
Erikson’s Life Stages

15. Erikson’s Life Stages

16. Emotional & Social Changes
Changes in emotions and social relationships are a normal part of adolescence
Increased interest in dating relationships
Desired increase of independence (from parents)
Spending more time with friends/peers (vs family)
Increased intensity of emotions
Sadness & depression
Emotional & Social Changes

17. Moral Development Determining which behavior is right/wrong
Around 11 – 13 YO: abstract reasoning
Ability to question rules & standards
Teens often face difficult moral decisions
Moral Development