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This 10 page essay provides an examination of literature that investigates how the processes and social structures of childhood identity formation are represented in specific works. After defining "identity," the writer discusses this topic in terms of 4 works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Building Identity Research Compiled for
, Enterprises Inc. By - April, 2011 The following examination of literature investigates how the processes and social structures of childhood identity formation
are represented in specific works. One of the outcomes of the childhood socialization process is that the child develops identity, or, more accurately, a set of identities that define the
parameters of individual life. For instance, a typical elementary student completes school work, plays with peers, and interacts with family members, which means that the child automatically switches from the
"role of pupil to the role of playmate to the role of son or daughter," with each role, each "identity," constituting a part of how that child perceives and understand
the "self" (Handel, Cahill and Elkin 103). This paper, first of all, defines "identity" in more detail, but then goes on to discuss how this concept is portrayed in
literature. Identity A persons sense of self is "both a structure and a process" that results from interactions with others (Handel, Cahill and Elkin 104). The way in
which a child incorporates feedback about themselves into their behavior can be understood as a dialogue between the "I" and "me" phases of their consciousness (Handel, Cahill and Elkin 105).
For example, a child receives the feedback that "she asks too many questions," so, when she subsequently does not understand something the teacher is explaining in class, there is a
"quick inner dialogue in which the I is aware of the me as a too frequent questioner" (Handel, Cahill and Elkin 105). Consequently, the child decides to ignore her
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