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Won't You Be My Neighbor, Christian Campbell, Elizabeth Sullivan
Won't You Be My Neighbor, Christian Campbell, Elizabeth Sullivan
Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium
Won’t You Be My Neighbor
Social identity is a person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership(s). The groups which people belong are an important source of pride and self-esteem. Groups give us a sense of belonging to the social world. Neighborhood communities like Pittsburgh’s Hill District can foster social identity for members. However, when the group we belong to is heavily judged and scrutinized our sense of identity can be affected. The current study aims to understand how personal attitudes and perceived external attitudes of one's community effects the same individual’s communal identity and personal identity. …