Question

From a recreational perspective/class, please answer the following in a thoughtful way (One paragraph per question):

*How is individual identity devlopment influenced by leisure or what effect/influence does leisure have in individual identity development?

-Describe how leisure activities might look like through a person's lifespan and how they change as a person ages.
-Describe how identity symbols can indicate a person's leisure interests.
-Describe how leisure can influence a persons's identity development.

Answer 1

1. Leisure refers to engaging in activities which the individual like to involve not for any monetary benefits, but for the inner happiness. Leisure does play a role in the personality development of an individual. Engaging in leisure activities like playing football, playing music, singing and so on help the person to divert the energy to positive things which can lead to a decrease the likelihood of a person to engage in delinquent behavior.
2. Leisure activities differ throughout the lifespan. Leisure activities are generally seen to be at the apex when a child is born to the time he gets busy with academic activities. The leisure activities do not diminish and continue to spurt out till adolescence phase. However, when a person reaches the adulthood phase, with the change in the responsibilities and the new role, there is hardly very little time for leisure. Subsequently, when the person reaches old age, traces of leisure activities are seen.
3. Identity symbol refers to the symbolic representation a person have on you. These symbols can sometimes predict the leisure activities that the person engages in. The physical symbol is one of the most powerful symbolic representations. For instance, a man with a good biceps and triceps can be assumed that he trains himself in the gym for leisure. This is because such body is hard to maintain without rigorous exercise.
4. Questions 1 and 4 is the same