PERCEPTION AND SELFCONCEPT

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PERCEPTION AND SELF-CONCEPT

• COMMUNICATION
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All communication begins with the self.
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First step is perception, which affects

• how we view ourself
• how we view others
• how we view the situation

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Perception is

• Active
• Creative
• Ever changing

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Organization

• Prototypesexcellent teachers
• Personal Constructsissues you deem important
• Stereotypesgeneralizations
• Scripts--guides

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Perception is affected by

• Physiological factors such as
• Age, height, weight
• Cultural upbringing, exposure, differences
• What is standpoint theory?
• Cognitive Abilities
• Present feelings and circumstances

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Barnlunds 6 people
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Self-attribution

• Evaluate ourselves, then others
• We draw inferences about others
• Use socially undesirable as more informative than
  socially desirable

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DEVELOPMENT OF SELF

• May start even before birth
• Can be as obvious as the name you are given, or
  choose
• Determined by the significant other
• who are people who impact upon us, or later,
  those we choose to impact upon us
• Perception is a key issue here

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Self concept is composed of

• Self-image
• a descriptive list of the roles we assume during
  our lives
• ever changing, in process, a hierarchy
• Self esteem
• the evaluation of our success/failure within the
  particular role
• based on reactions from others, significant others

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Sustained by

• Self fulfilling prophecy
• you can impact on the results of a particular
  behavior
• a type of prediction that impacts on the
  behavior of self and others
• Process is key issue

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COMMUNICATION SELF CONCEPT

• Derived from interactions with others
• Others evaluate you
• as a good listener
• good speaker
• Can be different due to context
• Dependent on type of feedback

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COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION

• Generalized fear of communication
• tends to be concerned with responsibility of a
  message
• addition of each person present means you assume
  more responsibility for the message
• it is a question of perceived competence

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IMPACTS ON COMMUNICATION

• Engage in less communication
• Engage in less self-disclosure
• fewer relationships are developed
• Perceive the self as less credible
• Perceived as less interpersonally attractive
• Perceive others as less interpersonally
  attractive
• avoid communication opportunities this way

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EXTENT OF APPREHENSION

• Everyone should have some level of apprehension
• it makes one prepare for a message
• 80 or more have some level
• 40 have average degree
• 20 have a high degree

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APPREHENSION AND SELF-CONCEPT

• Level of apprehension is related to self-esteem
  and interaction with self-image
• High communication apprehensives (CA) are more
  easily persuaded
• High CAs expect others to reject
• related to self fulfilling prophecy
• High CAs are less responsive in communications