Chapter 3: Interpersonal Communication (I am) Flashcards
Intrapersonal
•Something that exists or occurs within an individual’s self or mind
Intrapersonal Communication
- Communication phenomena existing within or occurring because of an individual’s self or mind
- Barker and Wiseman: Exists on a communication continuum
Self-concept:
“Individual’s belief about himself or herself, including the person’s attributes and who and what the self is” (Baumeister, 1999)
Attribute:
A characteristic, feature, or quality or inherent part of a person, group, or thing
The three selves:
- Self-Image
- Self-Worth
- Ideal-Self
Incongruent self-concept
- Each self is independent of each other
- The individual is out of balance with how they interact with others in their environment
- More likely to exhibit other psychological difficulties
Congruent self-concept
- The overlap of each self reflects compatibility
* Higher likelihood of developing self-actualization
Looking in a mirror causes us to think about how others think and judge us
- Individuals learn about themselves by reflecting on their social performance
- Individuals imagine who others think about them
- Individuals affectively react to those perceived evaluations
- Shapes one’s self-image and the ways in which one subsequently behaves
How do you view what others think about you?
- The way people see us may not be accurate
- The judgements of some people matter more to us than those of other people
- Individuals use these judgements to better understand and become familiar with themselves.
Self-esteem
Self-esteem is an individual’s evaluation of her/his/their abilities and limitations:
- Subjective evaluation
- Abilities
- Limitation
- Self-esteem and communication
- Mindfulness
How do you care for yourself?
•Compassion
•Compassion is “being touched by the suffering of others, opening one’s awareness to others’ pain and not avoiding or disconnecting from it, so that feelings of kindness toward others and the desire to alleviate their suffering emerge” (Neff, 2003)
How do you care for yourself?
Self-compassion
•Self-compassion is “being touched by and open to one’s own suffering, not avoiding or disconnected from it, generating the desire to alleviate one’s suffering and to heal oneself with kindness. Self-compassion also involves offering nonjudgmental understanding to one’s pain, inadequacies and failures, so that one’s experience is seen as part of the larger human experience” (Neff, 2003).
•Three components of self-compassion:
- Self-kindness
- Common humanity
- Mindfulness
Don’t feed the vulture
- Reality testing
- Look for alternative explanations •Putting it into perspective
- Using goal-directed thinking
Personality:
The combination of traits or qualities that make a person unique (e.g., behavior, emotional stability, and mental attributes)
Nature vs. nurture
•The context in which one is raised influences communicative behaviors with biological underpinnings
Temperament
•Temperament is a genetic predisposition causing an individual to behave, react, or think a certain way
Temperament
Biologically determined Characteristics observed early in childhood Traits are also observed in animals Stands for stylistic aspects Integrative function of human behavior
Personality
Product of social environment Shaped by experiences later in development Strictly human The content aspect of behavior Isn’t characteristic of temperament
Five consistent personality clusters
Surgency Agreeableness Dependability Emotional stability Culture
OCEAN Model of Personality
Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism
Cognitive Dispositions
General patterns of mental processes impacting how people respond and react to the world around them
•Affective orientation
Four types of Cognitive Dispositions:
- Locus of control (internal and external)
- Cognitive complexity
- Authoritarianism, Dogmatism, and Right-wing Authoritarians
- Emotional Intelligence
Social-personal Dispositions
•General patterns of mental processes that impact how people socially relate to others or view themselves.
- Loneliness (Emotional vs social loneliness)
- Depression
- Self-esteem
- Narcissism (Conversational narcissism)
- Machiavellianism
- Empathy
- Self-monitoring
Communication Dispositions
- General patterns of communicative behavior
- Introversion vs. Extraversion
- Approach and avoidance traits
- Argumentative vs. Verbal aggressiveness
- Sociocommunicative orientation
•Approach and avoidance traits
- Shyness
- Communication apprehension
- Willingness to communicate
Sociocommunicative orientation
- Responsiveness
- Assertiveness
- Versatility
Relational Dispositions
- General patterns of mental processes impacting how people view and organize themselves in relationships
- Attachment: A set of inherent behaviors (attachment) designed to allow proximity with supportive others (attachment figures)
Attachment:
A set of inherent behaviors (attachment) designed to allow proximity with supportive others (attachment figures)
- Bowlby’s Model of Attachment
- Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis
Attachment styles:
- Secure
- Preoccupied
- Fearful
- Dismissing
Relational Dispositions
Theory of rejection sensitivity
- Fear of being rejected
- Excessive need for affection
- When the need is not met, the individual feels rejected
- Represses hostility for fear of losing affection
- Unexpressed rage builds internally
- Increased fear of rejection
- Increased need for relational reassurance from a partner
The top ten most desirable characteristics of self concept were:
- Sincere
- Honest
- Understanding
- Loyal
- Truthful
- Trustworthy
- Intelligent
- Dependable
- Open-Minded
- Thoughtful
Conversely, the top ten least desirable attributes of self concept were:
- Liar
- Phony
- Mean
- Cruel
- Dishonest
- Untruthful
- Obnoxious
- Malicious
- Dishonorable
- Deceitful
Temperament
The genetic predisposition that causes an individual to behave, react, and think in a specific manner.
Personality
The combination of traits or qualities such as behavior, emotional stability, and mental attributes that make a person unique.
Extraversion
An individual’s likelihood to be talkative, dynamic, and outgoing.
External Locus of Control
The belief that an individual’s behavior and circumstances exist because of forces outside the individual’s control.
internal locus of control
believe that they can control their behavior and life circumstances.
