What are the debates around identity in the UK? | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

What does identity mean?

• A person's character

• A person's nationality

• Who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group that make them different from others

True or false, someone's identity can be shaped by different things, such as a person's culture, religion, ethnicity, gender and hobbies?

• False

• True

What is the difference between nature and nurture?

• Nature refers to characteristics you get at birth, whereas nurture refers to the way we are brought up

• Nature refers to the natural world around us and nurture refers to how we are treated

• Nature refers to the way we are brought up, whereas nurture refers to how we are raised by our family

True or false, people only have one identity?

• False

• True

Is identity fixed or fluid?

• Fixed

• Fluid

Why can people's identity change?

• People change over time as they have different experiences and identify with different things

• People's identity changes because they renew their passport

• People's identity never changes, just their personality