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Sum total of who a person is. where all thoughts stem and all communication
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the idea of yourself
subjective personal description of who you think you are |
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| evaluation of self worth or personal value |
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| 3 kinds of Self-awareness |
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Subjective
Objective
Symbolic
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| Subjective Self-awareness |
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| ability to differentiate themselves from their environment |
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ability to be the object of one's own thoughts and attention
you may reflect on previous actions |
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| ability not only to think about the self, but also to use language (symbols) to communicate about ourselves to others |
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| Six identities of interpersonal communication |
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who you think you are
who you think the other person is
who you think the other person thinks you are
who the other person thinks they are
who they think you are
who they think you think they are |
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| who you think the other person thinks you are |
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process of noticing how you compare and contrast to ther individuals with whom you interact
second major way in which we for our self-concept |
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| people who you can realistically compare yourself to, same age, gender, and social class |
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| proposes people with similar attributes and opinions will be influential to each other because of their social relevance |
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when individuals compare themselves to others who they consider socially better is some way
ex, people vacation where movie stars go |
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| Downward social comparison |
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when a person evaluates himself with a comparison group that is worse off than he is.
defense mechanism
ex, being a light drug user and comparing yourself to a heaving drug user, thinking they are in great shape |
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tendency to put ourelves in situations that reinforce who we think we are and the outcomes we expect.
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exaggerated self-pride
often confident speech of behavior |
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| inflated but fragile ego indicated by such traits as vanity, conceit, and self-centeredness |
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| William James stated in hi bood The Principles of Psychology that there are three components of the self that help clarify and narrow down our multifaceted identities |
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Material Self
social self
spiritual self
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total of all the "artifacts" you possess
what U.S. culture values most; what someone looks like, how they dress, type of car and house etc... |
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the part of you that interacts with others
style of communication, level of desire for interactions, kinds of friends chosen, relationship with family
valued by countries like Italy |
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internal thoughts about your values, moral standards, and beliefs.
value by cultures where religion is practiced frequently like Thailand and India |
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favorable or unfavorable predispositions to a person, situation, or thing.
usually in the form of like/dislike |
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concepts of what is true and what is false
what you believe in; ex ghosts, god |
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enduring concepts of good and bad
right and wrong |
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Personality
include parts of self and the ways we see the world |
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reaction to one's environment based on a set of enduring internal predispositions and behavioral tendencies
The parts of the self- material social and spiritual
the way the self sees the world around it- attitudes, beliefs, and values
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| The 4 dimensions of the Myers-Briggs personality test |
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Introversion/Extroversion
Intuitive or Sensing
Thinking of Feeling
Judging versus Perceiving |
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Assertiveness
Responsiveness
Willing to communicate
Communication apprehension
Shyness |
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The degree to which you pursue our own rights and best interests by making requests, asking for information, and generally expressing your needs
agressive behavior is assertiveness without the care for others |
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| The degree to which you are aware of and sensitive to the needs of others |
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| Willingness to communicate |
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| an individual's tendency to invite or avoit communication with others |
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| Communication Apprehension |
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| the fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with other people |
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our attempt to control how others see us
we do this by controlling what we say and do, constantly assessing the impressions we're making and adjusting accordingly |
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trying to control your impressions
High self-monitors are constantly adjusting their behavior
Low self-monitors don't care what others think of them |
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use of communication to maintain a certain image of ourselves to others
attempt to maintain positive face by avoiding embarrassment |
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