Interplay Book - Chapter 3 Flashcards
Benevolent lies
defined (at least by the people who tell them) as not being malicious - and perhaps they are even helpful to the person to whom they are told
Equivocation
statements that are not literally false but cleverly avoid an unpleasant truth
Face
word used to describe this socially approved identity
The image an individual wants to project to the world
i.e.
the persona
Impression management
the communication strategies people use to influence how others view them
Johari Window
another way to illustrate how self-disclosure operates in communication
(1) open- known to self and known to others
(2) blind - not known to self but known to others
(3) hidden - known to self but not known to others
(4) unknown - not known to self and not known to others
Lie
a deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth
Perceived self
the person you believe yourself to be in moments of honest self-examination
Presenting self
a public image - the way we want to appear to others.
Privacy management
term used to describe the choices people make to reveal or conceal information about themselves
Reference groups
others against whom we evaluate our own characteristics
Reflected appraisal
a mirroring of others’ judgments
i.e.
Teachers call you smart, you believe it
Coach calls you slow, and you label yourself as slow
Self-concept
the relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself
Self-disclosure
(1) has the self as subject,
(2) is intentional,
(3) as directed at another person,
(4) is honest,
(5) is revealing,
(6) contains information generally unavailable from other sources, and
(7) gains much of its intimate nature from the context in which it is expressed
Self-esteem
the part of the self-concept that involves evaluations of self-worth
Self-fulfilling prophecy
occurs when a person’s expectations of an event, and her or his subsequent behavior based on those expectations, make the outcome more likely to occur
