INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION CHAPTER 2 Communication

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INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONCHAPTER
2Communication IdentityCreating
Presenting the Self
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SELF CONCEPT
The relatively stable set of perceptions you hold
of yourself.
SELF ESTEEM
The part of the self-concept that involves
evaluations of self-worth.
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BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ROOTS OF THE SELF

• Biology
• 1. Personality
• Socialization
• 1. Reflected Appraisal
• Significant Others
• 2. Social Comparison
• Reference Groups

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CHARACTERISTICS OF SELF-CONCEPT

• The self-concept is subjective.
• Obsolete information
• Distorted feedback
• Myth of perfection
• Social expectations
• The self-concept resists change.
• Cognitive conservatism

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INFLUENCES ON IDENTITY

• Culture
• Sex and Gender

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SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
Occurs when a persons expectations of an event
and her/his subsequent behavior based on those
expectations make the outcome more likely to
occur than would otherwise have been true. Two
types self-imposed others-imposed
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Changing your self-concept

• Have a realistic perception of yourself.
• Have realistic expectations.
• Have the will to change.
• Have the skill to change.

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IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
The 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 PRESEN
TING SELF the way we want others to view us
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CHARACTERISTICS OF IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

• We strive to construct multiple identities.
• Identity management is collaborative.
• Identity management can be deliberate or
  unconscious.
• Identity management varies by situation.
• People differ in their degree of identity
  management.

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WHY MANAGE IDENTITIES?
To start manage relationships adhere to social
rules To gain compliance of others accomplish
personal goals To save others face
HOW DO WE MANAGE IMPRESSIONS?
Face-to-face manner, appearance,
setting Mediated choices to include and exclude