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Self Concept
- set of perceptions individuals hold about themselves
- how we see ourselves
- not born with it
- emotional state, moods, feelings, beliefs, talents etc.
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Self Esteem
- how you evaluate yourself
- evaluate self worth
- has impact on self concept
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Biology
- personality, characteristic way we behave in any situation
- big five OCEAN (open, conscientious, extroverted, agreeable, neurotic)
- most people lie somewhere b/w 2 polar ends
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OCEAN
open, conscientious, extroverted, agreeable, neurotic
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Socialization
- reference groups, people we surround ourselves with
- better or worse than others
- play a major role in how we see ourselves
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Reflective Appraisal
- how others see us
- feedback, both verbal and nonverbal
- begins early in life
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Subjective
- may be inaccurate, often distorted
- what distorts it?
- Obsolete info - clinging to past failures
- Distorted feedback - overly critical parents
- Emphasis on perfection - media, childrens stories, eg. photoshop
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Self Concept Resists Change
- Cognitive Conservatism - attend to and seek info that confirms to an existing self concept. eg. negative people find negative people
- we are reluctant to revise an old truth b/c we believe the old one still stands. eg ugly kids think they are ugly adults
- this creates self dilusion and lack of growth. Is obsolete
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Cognitive Conservatism
- attend to and seek info that confirms to an existing self concept.
- eg. negative people find negative people
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Diversity
more and more minorities in Canada
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Culture
- individualistic vs collectivism
- who am I? Different meanings in different countries
- can affect comm
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Self Fulfilling Prophecy
- prediction or expectation that makes an outcome of an event more likely to happen.
- 4 stages -
- 1. Hold expectation
- 2. Behave in accordance w/ expectation
- 3. Expectation comes to pass
- 4. Reinforce the original expectation
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Self Imposed Prophecy
Your expectations influence your behaviour
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Other implied prophecy
- Your actions are governed by expectations of others
- eg. grade 6 class example.
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Changing self concept
- have realistic perception of self
- have realistic expectations
- have the will to change
- have the skill to change
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Have Realistic Perception of self
- negative feedback makes it hard to know self concept
- giving too much credit to yourself
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Have realistic expectations
- dissatisfaction can come from high expectations
- nobody is perfect
- this happens (sometimes) b/c the people around us are "happier"
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Have the will to change
- want and be willing to to work towards change
- sacrifice
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Have the skill to change
- seek advice (books, experts)
- observe models
- Gather outside info
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Identity Mgmt
comm strategies people use to influence how others view you
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Percieved Self
- Person you believe yourself to be in moments of HONEST self examination
- can be identical or different from presenting or deal self
- private b/c we often don't reveal it ALL to another person
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Presenting self
- public image, how we want others to view us
- we seek to create a socially acceptable image
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We Strive to Construct Multiple Id's
- we have a wide range of Id's (student, parent, jokester)
- connecting these shows comm competence
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Id mgmt is collaborative
we create our own role based on how we want others to see us
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Id mgmt can be deliberate or unconcious
- sometimes we're aware of managing impressions eg job interview
- in face to face conversations we mimic other communicator
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