This document discusses various components of personal and social identity. It defines family identity as being based on features of civil identity, including surname, middle name, and first name. Civil identity is described as comprising factors such as ethnicity, political party membership, race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and marital status. Social identity is defined as a person's sense of belonging to important social groups, including citizenship, residence, property ownership, profession, education, social class, and organizational titles. The document also discusses personality as how one observes and promotes morality and emotional stability, while character is how one actively fights against crime, immorality, and lust. It provides some college examples for sociology, social psychology, civil rights

1. Social Psychology
Self and Identity
Liberal Arts and Humanities
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2. “Personal Identity”
Personality
Character
Family Identity
CivilIdentity
SocialIdentity
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3. “Family Identity”
The “Family Identity”-is actually based on features of ‘civil
identity’-closely associated with a specific family surname:
* Surname: that specific family name passed down line
generation after generation in a family lineage from whom
the origins of the surname-to the very youngest new born.
* Middle name: ‘NMI’ (means, No Middle Intial). It is a
name given by joint parents traditionally, by inter-marrying
families of the same (or similar) ‘civil identities’ to protect
the family against frauds, phoneys, and fakes using
reputable ‘names’ as a tactic or strategy to profit in a
multicultural economy and financial security.
* First name: a personal name given to a newborn by
parents - to be used in every day conversations - with a
specific meaning – concerning the reputation to ‘live up to’
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4. “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 (group/
generation), 'proper' sexual
orientation and marital status.2
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5. “Civil identity”
*Ethnicity: Danish-American
*Political Party: Green
*Race: Anglo * Color: Light Complexion
*Religion: Christian
*Age: 21 * Disability: None
* Gender: Female * Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
*Marital Status: Single
Note: Couples who share the same (or a very similar) ‘Civil
identity’, recognize, identify with, related to, belief in - bond
together and marry – while living in a very diverse multi-cultural
society are considered ‘equallyoked’.
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An Example of:
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6. “Social Identity”
A person’s sense of belongingness in society-to a collective
of identified important groups-such as;
* Citizenship: a Nation * Residency: Home Address
* Property: Deeds and co-OWNERship in Real estate
* e.g., vacation homes, office buildings, land, and may include
motor homes, RVs, cars, boats, planes, electronics, etc.
* Profession: a trade, vocation, skill, craft boards or union
organizations, etc
* Education: Credentials, degrees, diplomas, board
approved or government certifications, documentation of
schools or classes successfully attended, etc.
* Title(s): in clubs, organizations, agencies, etc.
* Socio-economic Class: Amount of money in bank, in
stocks and bonds investments, Tax bracket, bank notes
and certificates, safe deposits, etc.
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7. ““Personality”Personality”
Your ‘Personality’ is about just how your
capability is manifested in the way you
personally: observe, uphold, and promote
what is right, such as:
• Law abidingness,
• Morality/abiding in social mores, and
• Heartfulness/emotional stability.
-- Psy101
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8. “Character”
Your Character is the actual way your seen
by your peers as having the capacity of
just how you personally and actively fight
against:
• Crime/& infractions of the law,
• Immorality/violating social mores, and
• Infatuation/lust.
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9. College Studies
Some Suggested* Schools:
Sociology
Oakwood University, Grinnell College, Occidental College, Shaw University,
Gallaudet University, Central State University,
Social Psychology
Kentucky State University, Livingstone College, Claremont McKenna College,
Reed College, Swarthmore College, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania,
Civil Rights or Public Health
East Texas Baptist University, Presbyterian College, Franklin College,
Sewanee-University of the South, Inter American University of Puerto Rico-
Barranquit, Benedict College,
Marriage Family and Child Psychology
Hampshire College, Pomona College, Hiram College, Oregon Health & Science
University, Wilmington College, Saint Augustine’s University,
*Advanced Studies:*Advanced Studies: EquallyokedtarianismEquallyokedtarianism11
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