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Celebrating LGBTQ Pride

baby girl with toy bunny rabbit.

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

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Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.

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Also Known As	self-awareness • self-consciousness

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personal identity ego death self-actualization gender identity self-esteem ethnic identity negative identity formation gender role identity crisis prosopon personality disorder temperament humour psychological development five-factor model of personality hubris id superego introvert and extravert libido

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Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor

Canadian philosopher

Gordon Allport

American psychologist