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77 Cards in this Set
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3 Basic Questions to which all people seek answers to |
Who am I Why am I here who are all these others |
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Self |
that central inner force common to all human beings and yet unique in each |
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Self Concept |
your subjective description of who you think you are |
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A healthy self concept |
is flexible and changeable but core elements will remain stable |
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Who you are is anchored in |
the attitudes, beliefs, and values you hold |
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Attitude |
what you like or dislike |
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Belief |
what you hold as true or false |
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Values |
what you believe to be right or wrong |
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Ex of Belief: |
you believe your parents love you |
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Mindfulness |
the ability to consciously think about what you are doing and experiencing |
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3 way of being mindfully self aware |
subjective self awareness objective self awareness symbolic self awareness |
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Subjective Self Awareness |
ability to differentiate ourselves from our environment |
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Objective Self Awareness |
ability to be the object of our own thoughts and attention |
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Symbolic Self Awareness |
unique to humans, the ability to think about ourselves and use language (symbols) to represent ourselves to others |
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4 Stages of how aware or unaware we are of what we are doing at any given moment |
unconscious incompetence conscious incompetence conscious competence unconscious competence |
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Unconscious Incompetence |
you are unaware of your own incompetence |
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Conscious Incompetence |
you become aware or conscious that you aren't competent |
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Conscious Competence |
you are aware you know something but applying it hasn't yet become habit |
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Unconscious Competence |
your skills become second nature to you |
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Each of us has a core set of |
behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that constitutes our self |
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Our concept of self can and does |
change, depending on circumstances and influences |
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3 classic components of self |
material self social self spiritual self |
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Material Self |
the total of all the tangible things you own |
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Social Self |
the part of you that interacts with others |
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Spiritual Self |
consists of your thoughts and introspections about personal values, moral standards, and beliefs |
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Your spiritual self is the part of you that answers the question |
why am I here |
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Through 5 basic means you learn who you are |
Interactions with other individuals association with groups roles you assume self labels your personality |
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Looking Glass Self |
we learn who we are by interacting with others, who reflect your self back to you |
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Under 3 Conditions we are likely to incorporate the comments of others into our self concept |
How frequently the message is presented whether the message is perceived or credible whether the message is constant |
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Attachment Style |
a style of relating to others that develops based on how you felt in relating to one or both of your parents |
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3 Types of Attachment styles |
secure anxious avoidant |
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Secure Attachment Style |
you are comfortable giving and receiving affection, experiencing intimacy, and trusting other people |
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Anxious Attachment Style |
you received some affection but not predictably enough to feel completely secure |
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Avoidant Attachment Style |
you consistently received too little nurturing |
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Androgynous Role |
both masculine and feminine |
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Self Reflexiveness |
ability to think about what you are doing while your doing it |
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Psychology |
the study of how a person's thinking and emotional responses influences their behavior |
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Personality |
a set of enduring behavioral characteristics and internal predispositions for reacting to your environment |
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5 Major Personality Traits |
extraversion agreeableness conscientiousness neuroticism openness |
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Extraversion |
outgoing, talkative, positive emotions, and sociable |
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Agreeableness |
friendly, compassionate, trusting, and cooperative |
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Conscientiousness |
efficient, organized, self disciplined, dutiful, and methodical |
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Neuroticism |
nervous, insecure, emotionally distressed, and anxious |
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Openness |
curious, imaginative, creative, adventurous, and inventive |
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Communibiological Approach |
perspective that suggests that genetic and biological influences play a major role in influencing communication behavior |
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Social Learning Theory |
we can learn how to adapt and adjust our behavior towards others |
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Communication Apprehension |
fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with other people |
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Self Esteem |
an evaluation of who you are |
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Self Worth |
our evaluation of your worth or value based on your perception of such things as your skills, abilities, talents, and appearance |
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Prosocial |
your behaviors benefit others |
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Self Efficacy |
a person's belief in their ability to perform a specific task in a particular situation |
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Social Comparison |
comparing yourself to others who are similar to you, to measure your worth and value |
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Life Position |
feelings of regard for self and others as reflected in one's sense of worth and self esteem |
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4 Life Positions |
I'm ok, you're ok I'm ok, you're not ok I'm not ok, you're ok I'm not ok, you're not ok |
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Your face is |
a focal point of your self image |
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Face |
a person's positive perception of themselves in interactions with others |
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Facework |
using communication to maintain your own positive self perception or to support, reinforce, or challenge someone else's self perception |
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Positive Face |
a positive image of yourself to others |
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Preventative Facework |
avoid developing a negative impression of yourself |
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Corrective Facework |
when you save face by correcting what other may perceive as a negative perception of you |
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3 Strategies for projecting a positive face |
be mindful of what you do to communicate positive information about yourself be other oriented make sure your words are consistent with your actions |
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How to Save Face |
apologizing denying that the event occurred lying using humor purposefully manipulating how others perceive them |
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7 Ways to help others maintain a positive face |
addressing others in the way they want to be addressed being polite being generous and supportive spending time with someone offering positive and affirming messages interacting in appropriately attentive and supportive ways consider what the other person likes |
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Face Threatening Acts |
communication that undermines or challenges someone's positive face |
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Politeness Theory |
people have positive perceptions of others who treat them politely and respectfully |
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Most face threatening to least face threatening ways to communicate negative messages |
bluntly communicating a negative message delivering the negative message but also communicating a face saving message delivering negative message but offering a counter explanation to help the person save face communicating negative message in such an indirect way that the other person saves face not communicating any message |
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Being Silent can mean |
I'm thinking about what you said Im ignoring what you said Not going to respond in the way you treated me |
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7 Techniques to improve self esteem |
engage in self talk visualize a positive image of yourself avoid comparing yourself to others reframe appropriately develop honest relationships let go of the past seek support |
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Reframing |
process of redefining events and experiences from a different point of view |
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Symbolic Interaction Theory |
people make sense of the world based on their interpretation of words or symbols used by others |
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Self Fulfilling Prophecy |
prediction about future actions that is likely to come true because the person believes that it will |
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Need for Inclusion |
need to be included and to include others in social activities |
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Need for Control |
need for some degree of influence in our relationships as well as the need to be controlled |
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Need for Affection |
need to give and reeve love, support, warmth, and intimacy |
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Self Disclosure |
providing information about yourself to others that they would no learn if you didn't tell them |
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Johari Window Model |
open: know to self and know to others blind: not know to self but know to others hidden: know to self but not know to others unknown: not known to self or others |
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Communication Social Style |
an identifiable way of habitually communicating with others |
