Social and personal identity.

  Reflect on your own experiences with regard to social and personal identity. Compare and contrast treatment based on social identity (race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, first language, [dis]ability, age, religious or spiritual affiliation, political orientation, etc.) and personal identity (preferences [music, movies, books, food, etc.], talents, birth order, family size, college major, hobbies, etc.). Which identities or qualities do you think about most or least often? Which have the strongest effect on how you think about yourself? Which have the strongest effect on how others perceive you? Are any of the qualities you indicated influenced by identities, or vice versa?