Chapter 2: Interpersonal Comm And Self Flashcards
What is self?
Overall sum of who a person is (central inner force?
What is self-concept?
Your description of who you think you are; own perceptions.
What is attitude?
Learned predisposition to respond to a person, object, or idea in a favorable or unfavorable way. Reflects what you like or dislike.
What is belief?
The structure of your understanding of reality-what is true and false for you.
What is value?
Enduring concept of good and bad, right and wrong.
What is mindfulness?
The ability to consciously think about what you are doing and experiencing.
Subjective self-awareness
Ability to differentiate the self from the social and physical environment.
Objective self-awareness
Ability to be the object of one’s own thoughts and attention-to be aware of ones state of mind and what one is thinking.
Symbolic self-awareness
Uniquely human ability to think about oneself and use language or symbols to represent oneself to others.
What is material self and give examples.
All the physical elements that reflect who you are; body, clothes, car, home
What is social self and give examples.
The self as reflected through your interactions with others; your informal self interacting with your family and friends, your formal self interacting during a job interview
What is spiritual self and give examples.
Introspections about values, morals and beliefs; belief or disbelief in God, regard for life in all its forms.
Looking-glass self
The notion that we form our self-concept by seeing ourselves through the interactions with others, like we see our reflection through others.
What is attachment style?
Style of relating to others that develop early in life, based on the emotional bond one forms with ones parents or care giver.
What is secure attachment style?
When you are comfortable giving and receiving affection, experiencing intimacy, and trusting other people.
What is anxious attachment style?
When feeling uncomfortable giving and receiving affection and experiencing anxiety in some intimate relationships.
Avoidant attachment style
When consistently experiencing discomfort and awkwardness in intimate relationships and therefore avoid relationships.
Androgynous role
Gender role that includes both masculine and feminine qualities.
Self-reflexiveness
Ability to think about what you are doing while you are doing it.
Psychology
Study of how a persons thinking and emotional responses influence their behavior.
What is personality?
Set of enduring behavioral characteristics and internal predispositions for reacting to your environment.
What are the 5 big personality traits?
Extraversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Neuroticism Openness
Extraversion
Describes someone as outgoing, talkative, positive, and sociable.
Agreeableness
Describes someone as friendly, compassionate, trusting, and cooperating.
Conscientiousness
Describes someone as efficient, organized, self-discipline, dutiful, and methodical.
Neuroticism
Describes someone as nervous, insecure, emotionally distressed, and anxious.
Openness
Describes someone as curious, imaginative, creative, adventurous and innovative
Communibiological approach
Suggests that there are genetic and biological influences that play a major role in influencing communication behavior
Social learning theory
Suggests people can learn behavior that helps them adapt and adjust their behavior towards others
Shyness
Behavioral tendency not to talk or interact with others
Communication apprehension
Fear or anxiety associated with either real pr anticipated communication with others
Willingness to communicate
Describes a persons comfortableness with and likelihood of initiating communication with other people
Self-worth or self-esteem
Your own thoughts of your worth and value based on your perception of your skills, appearance, talents and abilities.
Self-efficiency
Persons belief in his or her ability to perform a specific task in a particular situation
Social comparison
Process of comparing yourself to others who are similar to you to measure your own self worth
Life position
Feelings of regard for self and others as reflected in ones sense of worth and self esteem.
Face
A persons positive perception of his/her self in interactions with others
Face work
Using communication to maintain your own perception or to support, reinforce, or challenge someone else’s self perception
Positive face
An image of yourself that will be perceived as positive by others.
Preventative facework
Efforts to maintain and enhance ones positive self perception
Corrective facework
Efforts to correct what one perceives as a negative perception of oneself on the part of others
Face-threatening acts
Communication that undermines or challenges someone’s positive face
Politeness theory
Theory that people have positive perceptions of others who treat them politely and respectfully
Intrapersonal communication
Communication within yourself, self talk
Visualization
Technique of imagining that you are performing a particular task in a certain way; positive visualization can enhance self esteem
Reframing
Process of redefining events and experiences from a different point of view
Social support
Expression of empathy and concern for others that is communicated while listening to them and offering positive and encouraging words
Talk therapy
Technique in which a person describes his or her problems and concerns to a skilled listener in order to better understand the emotions and issues creating the problems
Symbolic interaction theory
Theory that people make sense of the world based on their interpretation of words or symbols used by others
What are the strategies for improving your self esteem?
Engage in self talk Visualize Avoid comparison Reframe appropriately Develop honest relationships Let go of the past Seek support
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Predicting about the future actions that is likely to come true because the person believes that it will come true
Need for inclusion
Interpersonal need to be included and to include others in social activities
Need for control
Interpersonal need for some degree of influence in our relationships as well as the need to be controlled
Need for affection
Interpersonal need to give and receive love, support, warmth and intimacy
Self-disclosure
Purposefully providing information about yourself to others that they would not learn if you did not tell them
Self-awareness
A persons conscious understanding of who he or she is
Assertiveness
Tendency to make requests, ask for info, and generally pursue ones own rights and best interests
Responsiveness
Tendency to be sensitive to the needs of others include no being sympathetic to others feelings and placing the feelings of others above ones own feelings
