Identities And How They Are Formed

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may be at a
disadvantage to a child like my brother who is getting the same social education
from my parents and the society we live in.
Charles Harton Cooley also touched on the idea of identities. He
believed that identities are formed from interactions with people in society.
This would mean that the more interactions one has the more choices that have to
form there own identity. In a sense my upbringing and my brother's can be
dangerous in a way because our parents have to be careful not to shelter us too
much form parts of society. Otherwise we create one sided identities and
opinions of ourselves and others. I feel that that is what college is all about.
To be exposed to others and their ideas to help yourself and people around you
to form ideas. In a way social interactions are a learning process and a part of
higher learning.
George Herburt Mead said that all group life is from social interaction.
That humans can work together well for social reasons. But I believe this ...

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