Self Concept Analysis of Greg Focker in Meet the Parents As human beings we base our own self concept on those around us. The company we keep is truly important because their positive and negative feedback onto to us can shape us as a person and determine on how we choose to act around them. In Meet the Parents, Greg Focker is a character that has a lot riding on this first impression with Pam’s parents. He desperately wants to marry Pam and with that comes asking for her father, Jack’s, permission. Greg’s self concept is swayed and often doesn’t fit who he is, instead he tries to be someone that Jack likes. In the movie, Greg receives negative reflected appraisal from all the family members whenever his career is brought up. It becomes something
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There came a point when Jack finally realized his domineering ways were the problem and making it so Greg couldn’t competently communicate how he felt. Communication competence is when a person can communicate, “Effectively and appropriately.” (Adler R, Rosenfeld L, Proctor II L, pg. 19) Often times humans use one or the other when communicating, but sometimes we miss one of them which can lead humans to lie, hint, or equivocate things. Ethics of evasions are, “What we use to make difficult situations easier for the speaker and receiver of the message.” (Adler R, Rosenfeld L, Proctor II L, pg. 102) This can help a speaker be more effective in the way they’re speaking because they’re aware that maybe someone can handle the whole truth or they can’t. In the film Greg is not a competent communicator because he’s never truthful about his own thoughts and feelings. He uses too much evasion when talking to people when he should just be himself. At the end when Greg is in airport security, he’s finally able to effectively and appropriately tell Jack how he feels because he realizes that Jack will have more respect for him is he’s truthful. If Greg could have been a more competent communicator and realized the truth is what Jack wanted then he could have had an easier time meeting the
There came a point when Jack finally realized his domineering ways were the problem and making it so Greg couldn’t competently communicate how he felt. Communication competence is when a person can communicate, “Effectively and appropriately.” (Adler R, Rosenfeld L, Proctor II L, pg. 19) Often times humans use one or the other when communicating, but sometimes we miss one of them which can lead humans to lie, hint, or equivocate things. Ethics of evasions are, “What we use to make difficult situations easier for the speaker and receiver of the message.” (Adler R, Rosenfeld L, Proctor II L, pg. 102) This can help a speaker be more effective in the way they’re speaking because they’re aware that maybe someone can handle the whole truth or they can’t. In the film Greg is not a competent communicator because he’s never truthful about his own thoughts and feelings. He uses too much evasion when talking to people when he should just be himself. At the end when Greg is in airport security, he’s finally able to effectively and appropriately tell Jack how he feels because he realizes that Jack will have more respect for him is he’s truthful. If Greg could have been a more competent communicator and realized the truth is what Jack wanted then he could have had an easier time meeting the