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'''Identity formation''' is the [[process]] of the development of the distinct personality of an [[individual]] regarded as a persisting [[entity]] (known as [[personal continuity]]) in a particular stage of life in which individual characteristics are possessed by which a person is recognized or known (such as the establishment of a [[reputation]]). This process defines an individual to [[other]]s and [[self|themselves]]. Pieces of the entity's actual identity include a sense of continuity, a sense of [[uniqueness]] from others, and a sense of [[affiliation]]. Identity formation leads to a number issues of [[Personal identity (philosophy)|personal identity]] and an [[Identity (social science)|identity]] where the individual has some sort of comprehension of him or herself as a discrete, separate entity. This may be through [[individuation]] whereby the undifferentiated individual tends to become unique, or undergoes stages through which differentiated facets of a person's life tend toward becoming a more indivisible whole.
 
'''Identity formation''' is the [[process]] of the development of the distinct personality of an [[individual]] regarded as a persisting [[entity]] (known as [[personal continuity]]) in a particular stage of life in which individual characteristics are possessed by which a person is recognized or known (such as the establishment of a [[reputation]]). This process defines an individual to [[other]]s and [[self|themselves]]. Pieces of the entity's actual identity include a sense of continuity, a sense of [[uniqueness]] from others, and a sense of [[affiliation]]. Identity formation leads to a number issues of [[Personal identity (philosophy)|personal identity]] and an [[Identity (social science)|identity]] where the individual has some sort of comprehension of him or herself as a discrete, separate entity. This may be through [[individuation]] whereby the undifferentiated individual tends to become unique, or undergoes stages through which differentiated facets of a person's life tend toward becoming a more indivisible whole.
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===Self, other, and interaction===
 
===Self, other, and interaction===
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During the interpersonal identity development an exchange of propositions and counter-propositions occurs resulting in a qualitative transformation of the individual in the direction of the interaction.  The aim of the interpersonal identity development is to try to resolve the undifferentiated facets of an individual. The individuals existence is undifferentiated but this, upon examination, is found to be indistinguishable from others. Given this, and with other admissions, the individual is lead to a contradiction between self and others; thus, forcing the withdrawal of the undifferentiated self as a truth. In resolution of this incongruence, the person integrate or rejects the encountered elements which results in a new identity. During each of these exchanges human beings encounter when they go through life, the person succeed in resolving the exchange and faces future exchanges. The exchanges are recurring, as the changing world constantly presents exchanges between individuals thus allowing individuals to redefine themselves.
 
During the interpersonal identity development an exchange of propositions and counter-propositions occurs resulting in a qualitative transformation of the individual in the direction of the interaction.  The aim of the interpersonal identity development is to try to resolve the undifferentiated facets of an individual. The individuals existence is undifferentiated but this, upon examination, is found to be indistinguishable from others. Given this, and with other admissions, the individual is lead to a contradiction between self and others; thus, forcing the withdrawal of the undifferentiated self as a truth. In resolution of this incongruence, the person integrate or rejects the encountered elements which results in a new identity. During each of these exchanges human beings encounter when they go through life, the person succeed in resolving the exchange and faces future exchanges. The exchanges are recurring, as the changing world constantly presents exchanges between individuals thus allowing individuals to redefine themselves.
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The term [[collective identity]] is a sense of belonging to a group (the collective) that is so strong that a person who identifies with the group will dedicate his or her life to the group over individual identity: he or she will defend the views of the group and assume risks for the group, sometimes as great as loss of life. The cohesiveness of the collective goes beyond community, as the collective suffers the pain of grief from the loss of a member.
 
The term [[collective identity]] is a sense of belonging to a group (the collective) that is so strong that a person who identifies with the group will dedicate his or her life to the group over individual identity: he or she will defend the views of the group and assume risks for the group, sometimes as great as loss of life. The cohesiveness of the collective goes beyond community, as the collective suffers the pain of grief from the loss of a member.
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==See also==
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*[[Erving Goffman]]
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*[[George Herbert Mead]]
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*[[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]]
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*[[Lev Vygotsky]]
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*[[Moral development]]
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*[[Identity crisis (psychology)|Psychological identity crisis]]
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*[[Social identity]]
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*[[Social theory]]
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*[[Symbolic interactionism]]
      
==External articles and references==
 
==External articles and references==

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