Lecture 2 Flashcards
Self - Concept
Subjective description of who you are
Components of Self: 3
Material self: Possessions
Social Self: interaction
Spiritual Self: (values and morals) Who you think you are
Attitudes, Beliefs, Values
Attitudes: What you do and don’t like (learned predispositions)
Beliefs: understanding of reality (true vs false)
Values: Enduring concepts (resistant to change)
Development of self concept
Ripas
Interaction with others:
What others think of you (heard more, someone we care about, experienced often)
Association with groups
Roles we assume
Self- label: what we think of our selves
Personality: Enduring traits
-Communibiological = genetics
Medicine Wheel
Mental - healthy mind (east)
Spiritual- inner spirits (south)
Emotional - inner peace (west)
Physical -Strong healthy bodies (north)
Self Concept
Self- esteem
Social comparison
DESCRIBE who you are
EVALUATE who you are
- positive feeling to others
- Supportive
- Prosocial (benefit others)
Comparing to other
Symbolic interaction theory
Who you are from interacting with others
Other oriented
Center your self and understand how others see you
Self-fulfilling prophecy
What you believe comes true
Self and interpretation of messages
Self-esteem level affects how people interpret messages & interact with others
Self and interpersonal needs (Schultz 3 social needs)
Need for inclusion
need for control
need for affection
Self and communicative style 3
Genetics vs social learning
assertiveness
Responsiveness
Self disclosure
How much you share to others (culturally influenced)
- Changes slowly
- dynamic (reciprocal)
- Risk
Social penetration model
Deeper they penetrate the more close they are
Johari Window
Open self (Everyone)
Blind self (info you don’t know but others do)
Hidden Self (you know others don’t)
Unknown self (nobody knows)
Perception
understanding or making sense of sensory experiences
How do we form impressions 3
Primary effect : Important to us
Recent Effect: what just happened
Halo and horn effect:
Stage one Selecting (5)
Selective perception: we don’t see because we perceive selectively
Selective attention: focus on stimuli that meet our needs
Selective exposure: Where you are comfortable
Selective recall: remember what we want
Thin slicing: generalize on a small sample
Stage two Organizing
Clg
We create categories
We link categories
we seek closure: fill in gaps
Stage three: interpreting
Figure out what it all means
