Outline Any Two Theoretical Approaches to Identity and Explain how Each Has Contributed to Our Understanding of This Concept

From the Psychosocial and Social Identity Theory (SIT) perspectives there different approaches to what makes identity uniquely individual to humans and different from other animals. Each has contributed to our understanding of identity in different ways. Using observational and research methods psychological theorists' show that humans do not have a fixed identity but that identity is complex and diverse, changing throughout a person's life. During which prejudices and discrimination between individuals and groups can occur. …