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Identity: the coherent sense of self that emerges from the
Identity: the coherent sense of self that emerges from the accumulation of repeated commitments and behaviors, where a commitment becomes identity-anchored when it is connected to who you are becoming rather than to a specific behavior, and identity-fused when it becomes permanently fixed to a specific behavior or role
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the semantic boundary of 'identity' within the curriculum context by specifying its genus (coherent sense of self), differentia (emergence from repeated commitments), and distinguishing between two functional states (anchored vs fused). It captures the core concept of how identity is constructed through commitment patterns rather than being a fixed trait.