Identification (psychology)

Identification is an important part of psychology that helps us understand how we develop who we are and how we act in life. It is a way of understanding ourselves and our relationship to the world around us. Identification is the process of learning to identify with other people and find parts of their identity that become a part of your own. It starts from when we are very young, as we look to the adults in our lives to learn how to behave. We take on things from those around us and soon we have our own sense of who we are. This includes our interests, preferences, characteristics, and values. The more we interact with other people, the more we identify with them and incorporate more of their identity into ours. This helps us build our own unique identity over time.