Civil Identity

What is it?
Introduction to Social Psychology
September 11th, 2001

Biopsychosociocultural Medical Model

Civil Identity
Biologic

Psychologic

Social

Culture

Disability

Disability

Religion

Ethnicity

Sex
Sex

Belief/Creed

Martial Status

Politics

Color
Race
FOOTNOTE: To a lesser or greater degree of mental disability always coexists with any

Race
Color

physical disability and so it is therefore that with a mental disability, a physical disability or a
biochemical imbalance is coexistent-affecting/or effecting an individuals civil identity.

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Example:

Civil identity

* Ethnicity: Soviet-American
* Political Party: Libertarian Party
* Race: Semitic
* Color: Medium complexion
* Religion: Judeo-Christian
* Disability: None Known
* Gender: Male & Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

* Marital Status: Single/Never Married1

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Noun

Ethnicity:

1. Refers to an ethnic group; a

social group that shares a
common and distinctive culture,
language, religion, etc.1,
2. ethnic traits, a familys
background, cultural allegiance,
or association2, and
3. ..an expression of a particular
national family lifestyle in terms
of arts, humanism, and lifestyle.3
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Political Party:
Political Party refers to;
1. ..a membership in a
particular defined
political party.1
2. ..a political affiliation
with a socioeconomic
orientated group of
organized peoples.2
3. ..a political philosophy
that is distinctly towards
a political party.3
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Color:
Color usually refers to the color of the
familys+childrens skin. 1 In equally yoked
families-the skin color is consistent 2as is,...
(..but it can
also refer to -)
Hair color
Eye color3

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Race:
Race (or proper, racial constitution):
1. A group of people identified by
distinctive physical and/or genetic
features shared in common with
each other.1 - The scientific
biopsychosociocultural medical model
recognises race or (properly, racial
constitution) as a valid classification of
genetically similar individuals in a
distinctive collective group.1,2,3

2. A group of people united (or

classified) together on the basis of common

history, nationality, and geographic
providing where there is similar physical/ or
genetic characteristics. 2

3. A specific equallyoked (or equally

yoked) genealogical line; a family lineage.3

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Religion:
1.

2.

3.

A system of beliefs transmitted by a formal organization

that is in a book with a set of doctrine culminating in a
deity (God). Note: A true religion is based upon a moral
orientated doctrine-reveres God, life, sustains life, and
promotes a long life into an eternal after life, 1 and...
a service that is conducted in order to provide a specific
opportunity to worship God. Note: A true God in a true
religion-is intrinisically good; extrinsically right; and
always perfectly legal in terms of life.2
a commitment or devotion to particular faith or
observance of a personal set or institutionalized system
of attitudes, beliefs, and practices. (Note: it is does not
include anyone else and in whatever way it is manifestedwhether mentally or societially-nor does it hurt, harm or
damage the self or society.3
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Disability
1. is defined a physical or
mental impairment that
substantially limits one or
more major life activities1,
or...
2. also, means having a
record of such an
impairment, even if no
disability exists,2 or..
3. it also refers to not having
a disability but are regarded
as having a disability.3
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Gender & Sex

Gender - is the state of being male (masculine), or
female (feminine) - typically used with reference to
biological differences.1
Sex is of one human biological species, referring
to either of the two categories (male and female) into
which humans are divided on the basis of their
reproductive functions. 1
Neuter refers to an actor whose behavioral,
cultural, or psychological traits are typically
associated with manifestation of a specific biologic
sex-usually for perverse sexual or deviant reasons. 1,
2, 3

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Marital Status & Other Terms:

Marital Status is a person's present state of ?
being either; single, married, separated,
?
divorced, or widowed.1
?
Pregnancy is a clinically verified condition or ?
period of being pregnant (it does not necessary
mean that if a menstrual period is missed it
?
means pregnancy). 2
Number of Children - is the number of
?
biological children in the legal care of parents. (It
is has also been loosely used to mean the total ?
number of children (& teenage minors) residing ?
in the household of the parents.3
?
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Equally Yoked
Refers to (Heterosexual)
couples who share the
same (or very similar) Civil
identities, including beliefs,
bonding in marriage,
practicing a lifestyle-who
are living in a multi-cultural
society are formally
considered equally yoked
(equallyoked).
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Civil Identity
What is it?
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