Civil Identity - Intro to Soc Psy - Liberal Arts and Humanities

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for the
Social Sciences
Arts, Philosophy, & Humanities
Physical & Biological Sciences

2. “Civil Identity”
* ‘Civil identity’ is a Social Psychology term -describing a collective of
features concerning an individual’s present ethnicity, political party
membership, race and color, religious membership, disability/handicap,
age/generation, (proper) sexual orientation and marital status.2
- Introduction to Social Psychology- Introduction to Social Psychology
See “Personal Identity”See “Personal Identity”

3. Biopsychosociocultural Medical Model
Biologic
“Civil Identity”
Psychologic Social Culture
Sex
Disability
Color
Race
Disability EthnicityMartial Status
Belief/CreedSex
Race
Color FOOTNOTEFOOTNOTE:: To a lesser or greater degree of mental disability always coexists with any physical
disability and so it is therefore that with a mental disability, a physical disability or a biochemical
imbalance is coexistent-affecting/or effecting an individual’s ‘civil identity.’
Social
Religion
Martial Status
+sexual pleasure preferences
PoliticalPartyPoliticalParty

4. Homework:
What are clearest features verses the ambiguous characteristics in ‘civil identity’
model represented? Which are the ‘strong’ relationships.verses the ‘weak’
relationships between the 2001 Biopsychosociocultural Medical Model ‘features’
in the “Civil Identity” diagram? How does this schematic map exemplify an
individual in a multicultural society in modern times-today? When would social
scientists, humanitarians, and medical or public health professionals benefit from
a better understanding of a population based on the elements in such a graphic
representation such as that of ‘Civil Identity’ (or ‘civil identities’)? Why does an
academic model with such limited features provided a national government with a
better understanding of who represents the political constituencies?
Answers are Due By the: Next class
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