COM100: Perception, Self and Performing Identity

race

A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics.

ethnicity

A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race.

Words that have been used in modern history to describe race include all of the following except:

Anglo Irish Latinx all of the above words have been used to describe race

Angelo describes himself as a straight, white male. His identity as a straight, white male is:

Avowed

Identities based on socially constructed categories that teach us a way of being and include expectations for social behavior or ways of acting are called:

Cultural

Sexual Identities

Heterosexuals Homosexuals Bisexuals Asexual people

Gender performance

Similar to gender expression; all the work that goes into presenting oneself as a person with a gender.

Collective Identity

The combination of beliefs, values, view of history, and language of a people.

Gender

The social construction of masculine and feminine is called

personal identity

a distinct sense of self including personally defined attributes

self-concept

all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?"

ascribed identity

an identity assigned to you by others

prejudice

an unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude toward a group and its members. Prejudice generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action.

Ethnicity refers to a person's

ancestral heritage

Gender is not:

another word for biological sex

religious identity

aspect of identity defined by one's spiritual beliefs

At the most basic level, one's national identity is usually based on:

citizenship.

Race is

difficult, if not impossible, to define.

Boris is an American from Kansas City. He dislikes his name because his friends think it is an odd name. Nevertheless, he is proud of his Russian ___________ identity and enjoys visiting relatives in Moscow. The missing word is:

ethnic

Ethnicity and communication are often related through

family traditions language ways of being in the world all of the above

avowed identity

identity you assign to yourself and portray

The process or means by which we show the world who we think we are is the

performance of identity

Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, and Baptist are examples of what type of identity?

religious

Words used to describe sexual identity include all of the following except:

straight feminine gay bisexual

racism

the belief that one race is superior to others

Culture

the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

social identity

the part of the self-concept including one's view of self as a member of a particular social category

performance of identity

the process or means by which we show the world who we think we are

nationality

the status of belonging to a particular nation

A term used for people whose gender identity or expression do not match the gender they were assigned at birth is:

trans

trans identity

when one's gender identity does not match one's assigned sex

masculine and feminine

whether rank, prestige, and important social roles are assigned primarily to men or shared by men and women