Identity

Self & identity

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Identity (social science) Self (philosophy) Self (psychology) Self (sociology) Self (spirituality) Academic self concept Self actualization Self analysis Self care skills Self concept Self confidence Self congruence Self control Self defeating behavior Self defense Self destructive behavior Self determination Self disclosure Self efficacy Self esteem Self evaluation Self handicapping strategy Self knowledge Self monitoring Self mutilation Self perception Self preservation Self reference Self report Self stimulation

Identity

DID Ego identity Ethnic identity Gender identity Group identity GID Identity crisis Identity formation Professional identity Social identity

Other articles

Self examination (medical) Self help techniques Self image Self inflicted wounds Self management Self medication Self psychology Self referral Self reinforcement Self talk Social identity Social identity complexity Social Identity Theory Identity Fusion

Identity may refer to one of the following:

• Corporate identity is the physical manifestation of a business brand.
• Identity theft is the deliberate appropriation of someone else's identity (without that person's permission) for criminal purposes.

• Identity (social science) (or "social identity"). In the social sciences, identity has specific meanings, stemming from cognitive theory, sociology, politics, and psychology. See also identity politics.
• Cultural identity is a person's self-affiliation (or categorization by others) as a member of a cultural group.
• Ethnic identity
• Gender identity is the gender with which a person identifies (or is identified by others).
• Group identity
• Digital identity is the representation of identity in terms of digital information.
• Online identity is the digital identity established by computer network users.

In philosophy:

• Identity (philosophy) is the sameness of two things (also see law of identity)
• Identity theory of mind, in the philosophy of mind, holds that the mind is identical to the brain
• Personal identity, in philosophy

In mathematics:

• An identity is an equality that holds regardless of the values of its variables.

See also

• Anachronistic displacement
• Chickering's theory of identity development
• Engulfment
• Identity control theory