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Intersectionality - A framework for understanding how overlapping social identities such as race, gender, class, and disability create unique and compounding experiences of privilege or discrimination.
Internal Family Systems - Richard Schwartz's model of the mind as a system of distinct sub-personalities (parts) organized around a core, unburdened Self that can lead them with curiosity and compassion.
Temporal Self-Appraisal - Anne Wilson and Michael Ross's theory that we strategically remember and rate our past and future selves to make our current self look as favorable as possible.
Society of Mind - Marvin Minsky's theory that the mind is built from many small, mindless agents that interact like a society — and that intelligence and self emerge from their interactions rather than from any single component.
Multiple Selves - The view, shared across philosophy, psychology, behavioral economics, and contemplative traditions, that a person is best modeled not as a single unified self but as a collection of distinct selves across time, context, and motivation.
Looking-Glass Self - The sociological concept that individuals form their self-concept and identity largely based on how they believe others perceive them, as if seeing themselves reflected in a social mirror.
Multipotentialite - A person with many interests and creative pursuits who thrives by exploring multiple domains rather than specializing in one.
Possible Selves - Hazel Markus and Paula Nurius's theory that motivation is driven by imagined future versions of oneself — who we hope to become, expect to become, and fear becoming.
Enclothed Cognition - A phenomenon in which the clothes a person wears systematically influence their psychological processes — attention, confidence, and cognitive performance — through the symbolic meaning attached to those clothes.
Two-Factor Authentication - A security process requiring exactly two different authentication factors to verify identity before granting access.
Code-Switching - The practice of alternating between different languages, dialects, or behavioral norms depending on the social context, often as a strategy for belonging or survival.
Self-Concept - The collection of beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes a person holds about who they are, shaping how they think, feel, and behave.
Identity-Based Motivation - Daphna Oyserman's theory that people are most motivated to act when behavior feels congruent with the identity that is salient in the moment.
Self-Discrepancy Theory - E. Tory Higgins's framework describing how gaps between the actual self, the ideal self, and the ought self produce distinct emotional consequences.
Act As If Principle - The technique of deliberately behaving as though you already possess a desired quality, have achieved a goal, or inhabit a certain identity, which can actually develop that quality or bring about the goal over time.
Multi-Factor Authentication - A security method requiring two or more verification factors to prove identity before granting access.
Social Identity Theory - A theory explaining how people derive part of their self-concept from the groups they belong to, leading to in-group favoritism and intergroup dynamics.
Authorization - The process of determining what actions or resources an authenticated entity is permitted to access
Batman Effect - A self-distancing technique where adopting the persona of a competent fictional character (such as Batman) improves perseverance, focus, and self-control on challenging tasks.
Alter Ego Effect - The performance technique of creating and adopting an alternate persona to access desired traits, behaviors, and capabilities in specific high-pressure situations.
Self-Continuity - The sense of connection between one's past, present, and future selves, which influences long-term decision-making and motivation.
Anatta - Buddhist concept of non-self stating there is no permanent, unchanging self or soul.
Ship of Theseus - A classical paradox of identity asking whether an object whose every part has been gradually replaced remains the same object.
Imposter Syndrome - The persistent feeling, despite objective evidence of competence, that one's accomplishments are unearned and that one will eventually be exposed as a fraud.
Authentication - The process of verifying the identity of a user, device, or system before granting access
Dialogical Self - Hubert Hermans's theory that the self is a society of internal voices ('I-positions') that hold ongoing dialogues with one another, with no single voice having permanent authority.
Privilege - Unearned advantages and benefits automatically conferred to members of dominant social groups through systemic structures and cultural norms.
OAuth - An open standard for delegated authorization that lets users grant third-party applications scoped access to their accounts without sharing passwords.

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