ABSTRACT
How would you describe yourself in a sentence, beginning with I am . . .? As with these anonymous quotes, you might mention the various groups you belong to (age, national or occupational). It is common for people to construe (perceive) themselves in this way, perhaps because much of our sense of identity derives from our perceptions about the in-groups (various groups such as the family, nation, age cohort with whom we share certain values) we belong to and the out-groups (groups whose values we don’t share) we don’t belong to. Furthermore, defining ourselves in terms of in-groups has implications for how we relate to the people around us.
