Chapter 3 Vocab Flashcards
Self concept
Set of perceptions you hold of yourself
- like, talents, roles
Self esteem
Evaluations of self worth
Reflected appraisal
A mirroring of other’s judgement
- receiving supportive messages = valuing yourself
Significant other
Person whose evaluations are especially influential
Social comparison
Evaluating ourselves in comparison to others
Reference groups
Others against whom we evaluate our own characteristics
Self fulfilling prophecy
A person’s expectations of an event make the outcome more likely to occur
Impression management
Communication strategies people use to influence how others view them
Perceived self
The person you believe yourself to be in moments of honest self examination
Presenting self
Public image how we want to appear
Face
Socially approved identity
Facework
Verbal and nonverbal ways in which we act to maintain our own presenting image and the image of others
Self disclosure
1 has the self as subject
2 is intentional
3 is directed at another person
4 honest
5 revealing
6 contains information generally unavailable from other sources
7 gains much of it’s intimate nature from the context in which it is expressed
Social penetration model
Relationships in terms of breadth (the range of subjects being discussed) and depth (shift from relatively impersonal messages to more personal ones) of self disclosure
Johari Window
divided into four
parts: information that both you and other people are aware of (open area); things
unknown to you but known to others (blind area); information you’re aware of
but aren’t willing to reveal to others (hidden area); and information unknown to
both you and others (unknown area)
