2.2 vocab

Identity:

The unique combination of characteristics, beliefs, experiences, and roles that defines who a person is

Personal Identity:

How you see yourself as an individual, including your interests, goals, personality, and values

Core Values:

The principles that are most important to you and guide your choices, actions, and relationships

Beliefs:

Ideas that you accept as true or meaningful and that help shape how you view the world

Personality:

The combination of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that makes a person unique

Physical Identity:

The part of identity connected to physical characteristics, abilities, and appearance

Social Identity:

The part of identity connected to your relationships, social roles, and membership in different groups

Cultural Identity:

Your connection to the traditions, language, customs, values, or history of a cultural group

Ethnicity

A person’s connection to a group that shares cultural, historical, or national characteristics

Race:

A social category often based on physical traits, such as skin color. Racial categories are created by societies rather than being clear biological divisions

Religion:

An organized system of beliefs and practices that may involve faith, worship, traditions, and moral values

: A personal sense of meaning or connection to something larger than yourself. It may or may not involve religion

Tradition:

: A belief, activity, or custom passed from one generation to another

Custom:

A usual way of behaving or doing something within a family, group, or culture

Role Model:

: A person whose behavior, qualities, or accomplishments influence or inspire others

Identity Formation:

: The ongoing process of discovering and developing who you are as you grow and gain new experiences

Expression:

: The ways people communicate who they are through words, art, clothing, interests, behavior, or other choices

Belonging:

Feeling accepted, valued, supported, and included within a group or community

Stereotype:

: An oversimplified or unfair belief about all members of a particular group

Bias

: A preference for or against a person, group, or idea that may not be based on facts or fairness

Respect:

: Valuing and treating people with dignity, including people whose identities or experiences differ from your own

Inclusion:

Creating conditions in which people feel welcomed, supported, and able to participate

Diversity:

: The presence of people with different identities, backgrounds, abilities, experiences, and perspectives

Sexual Orientation:

: A term describing whom a person may be emotionally, romantically, or physically attracted to

Heterosexual or Straight:

: Describes someone primarily attracted to people of a different gender

Gay:

: Describes someone primarily attracted to people of the same gender

Lesbian:

: Commonly describes a woman who is primarily attracted to women

Bisexual:

: Describes someone who may be attracted to more than one gender

Pansexual:

: Describes someone whose attraction may include people of any gender.

Asexual:

Describes someone who experiences little or no sexual attraction