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| an evolving composite of self-awareness, self-concept, and self-esteem |
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| the ability to step outside yourself; view yourself as a unique person distinct from your surrounding environment; reflect on your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors |
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| comparing and assigning meaning to others' behavior and then comparing their behaviors agains ours |
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| your overall perception of who you are; based on the beliefs attitudes, and values you have about yourself |
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| theory of the impact that labeling has on our self-concepts; self-concept is strongly based on our beliefs and how others see and evaluate us and our emotional response to those beliefs; Charles Horton Cooley |
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| self-fulfilling prophecies |
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| predictions about future interactions that lead us to behave in ways the ensure the interaction unfolds as we predicted; can be positive or negative |
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| the overall value that we assign to ourselves |
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theory suggesting that your self-esteem is determinded by how you compare to two mental standards:
1) ideal self "perfect you"
2) ought self "person others wish and think you to be" |
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| the composite of social, psychological, and cultural attributes that characterize us as male or female |
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| when a caregiver is highly affectionate and responsive during a person's infancy and early childhood providing the child with a sense of security and dependability; over time the child develops the sense that love is dependable, desirable, and predictable |
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| limited attention from caregivers at infancy and during childhood; end up viewing love as something that only causes pain and unhappiness |
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| avoidant attachment style |
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| recieving little care or attention from any caregiver during infancy and childhood; later develop a desire to be loved and the inability to trust love |
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| an established, coherent set of beliefs, attitudes, values, and practices shared by a large group of people |
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| culture in which one is taught that individual goals are more important than group or societal goals; encouraged to focus on themselves and their immediate family |
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| culture in which one is taught the importance of belonging to groups or "collectives" that look after you in exchange for your loyalty; the goals, need, and views of the group are emphasized over those of individuals |
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| a public self that you want others to see; actively created and presented through your communication |
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| a public self designed to strategically veil your private self |
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| losing face; feelings of shame, humiliation, and sadness |
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| social penetration theory |
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| the idea that revealing the self to others involves peeling back or pentrating layers; Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor |
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| competing impulses (tensions) within ourselves and our feelings toward others |
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| the revealing of all information that is relevant to share in a situation |
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| revealing private information about your self to others |
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