Chapter 2 Outline: Part I

Chapter 2 Outline: Part I

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  • self-esteem
  • self-concept
  • interpretation
  • significant others
  • self-fulfilling prophecy
  • narrative
  • organization
  • reflected appraisal
  • selection
 
  1. Nothing is more fundamental to understanding how we communicate than our sense of self.
      1. is the relatively stable perceptions that each of us holds about ourselves.
      • Personality is the characteristic ways you think and behave across a variety of situations.
          describes how you develop an image of your “self” from the way you think others view you. We particularly value the opinion of our
            as vital to our
              .
            • Cultural differences such as individualism and collectivism also affect our self-concept.
            • The self-concept both shapes and is shaped by communication behavior. A
                occurs when a person expects an outcome and behaves in ways that make that outcome more likely to occur.
            • Our perception of others influences our interaction with them.
              1. There are three steps in the perception process:
                  ,
                    ,
                      .
                    • The negotiation of this collected data is influenced by physiological factors such as age, health and nutrition, biological factors, and neurology.
                    • Cultural and social influences provide a filter for interpretation. Sex and gender roles, for example, affect perception, as so do occupational and relational roles.
                    • We all have our own story, our
                        , a framework of explaining behavior and shaping communication.

                     

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