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• Personal identity is influenced by others

•Family, friends, school, sports teams, the media, culture and religion.

•These people and groups influence us in different ways at different stages of our lives

• Very influential when we are younger. We are dependent on them.

• We often adopt our families view on issues as our own

• Examples?

FAMILY

• Our peers and the media have a greater influence on us as we get older

• Choice of clothing, music, TV, social profile, language we use is heavily influenced by this characteristic

PEERS AND THE MEDIA

• Tend to keep us within prescribed boundaries

• Along with our parents and school, religion may provide traditional manners, morals, values and behaviors.

• Examples?

CULTURE AND RELIGION

• Society is made up different groups who have different beliefs an values

• These values within the community can be representative of laws active within the community.

SOCIETAL VALUES

• People with common beliefs and values tend to bind them together and focus their actions and influence.

• Examples?

SOCIETAL VALUES

• Conflict can arise when there is disagreement between an individual or group’s values and those of society.

• This happens when the ‘importance’ placed on different values differs.

SOCIETAL VALUES

HOW THE VALUES OF GROUPS WITHIN SOCIETY MAY INFLUENCE YOU…

Groups within Society

May influence your beliefs about (certainly not limited to)…

Peers Clothes, where you go and what you do in leisure time, the language you use

Parents Where you can go, what time to be home, family responsibility, how you behave

Coach Fitness, team play and commitment

Teachers Learning, work ethic, behaviour, uniform and punctuality

Community Laws Road rules, vandalism, stealing, trespassing, littering, smoking and drinking in public

Activist Groups Opinions on issues of concern such as the environment or political points of view

Religious Groups Ways we treat and respect others, a social conscience, roles of women and men in society, acceptance of same sex attraction, pre-marital sex, meaning of marriage.

QUESTION…

Provide detailed examples of when the importance of a community or individual/group value has become less important to you. How did this influence or affect your actions?