Aman from cuba and a man from peru both move to the united states. although they did not identify with one another while living in their countries of origin, they both come to identify themselves as members of the same group ("hispanic") within the united states. this example illustrates:

This example illustrates "situational negotiation of identity."

Ethnic identity is fixed to economic status, along these lines, a man's ethnic personality may change contingent upon the specific circumstance, where one ethnic personality is utilized as a part of specific settings and an alternate personality is utilized as a part of another unique situation. This is known as the situational negotiation of identity.