space.template.Self+Identity

=Self Identity=

Introduction:
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 * ====Importance to college students[[image:engaged-brains/Identity circle chart.jpg width="457" height="285" align="right" caption="Figure1. shows the different kinds of characteristics that may define someone's identity."]]====
 * As a freshmen or with the start of every new year in college, an individual may want to recreate, alter, or better themselves. A lot f this feeling comes from past experiences, especially from high school.
 * Do you want your peers and teachers to view you the same as you were in high school? F
 * When many are asked to describe themselves, depending on if they visualize themselves negatively or positively has an affect on self identity on whether or not they want to alter themselves
 * ====What evidence do you have?====
 * Survey study on identity with results

Information:
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 * ====Background information====
 * Principle of Imaginary Audience- a individual thinks "everyone is looking at me"
 * Principle of Identity vs. Role Confusion- person must choose among options of life/must find a consistent sense of self
 * ====Effects on students====
 * Without one's own self identity, most feel as if they do not belong in any identity and do not relate with
 * Especially easy as a new student when trying to find similar identities of their own in other peop
 * Some transitions are harder for some students than others
 * Out of state or out of the country students especially
 * Find what you stand for and develop your own beliefs

Interesting or unique aspects
=media type="custom" key="24131202"= In the video above, the creator, KJ Adames, describe the video as "Living in a world where everybody wears masks due to lack of self-identity, a brave girl encounters the truth that sets her free." His message is to don't let society define your Identity, or to tell you who you have to be. For example, the girls wearing the yellow masks are depicted as the beautiful ones because the ad on the wall told them so.
 * Survey Experiment Questions:
 * Do you feel as you have come to college that you have recreated, altered, or bettered yourself?
 * Describe yourself positively in three words and three words to describe yourself negatively. Have these characteristics changed since you have came to college?
 * What group, if any, do you say you belong in (social groups or sport related groups)?
 * What do you think is the ideal age for a person to go through an identity crisis? Have you experienced one yourself?
 * Do you want to change your identity? If so, what do you want to change and why?
 * ====Support====
 * Results
 * Include graphs and statistically significant data

Conclusion:

 * What information is missing?
 * How to move topic forward in future?
 * Why significant?
 * What should Coe students do?