COMN 2111: COMMUNICATION IN COMN 2111: COMMUNICATION IN EVERYDAY LIFEEVERYDAY LIFE

PERSONALITY AND SELF PERSONALITY AND SELF CONCEPTCONCEPT

Lecture 9bLecture 9b

THREE ASPECTS OF THE SELFTHREE ASPECTS OF THE SELF

PERSONALITYPERSONALITY SELF-CONCEPTSELF-CONCEPT RELATIVELY STABLE RELATIVELY STABLE

PERCEPTIONS OF YOURSELF - “I AM……”PERCEPTIONS OF YOURSELF - “I AM……”

COMMUNICATION AND THE SELF COMMUNICATION AND THE SELF CONCEPTCONCEPT

SELF-CONCEPT IS ESTABLISHED, SUSTAINED AND SELF-CONCEPT IS ESTABLISHED, SUSTAINED AND ALTERED ALTERED THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERSOTHERS

SELF IS SELF IS A PROCESS AND ALWAYS IN PROCESSA PROCESS AND ALWAYS IN PROCESS WE INTERACT WITH OTHERS, WE REVISE OUR VIEWS OF WE INTERACT WITH OTHERS, WE REVISE OUR VIEWS OF

SELFSELF SELF ASSUMES SELF ASSUMES MULTIPLE ROLESMULTIPLE ROLES ROLE TAKING AND PLAYINGROLE TAKING AND PLAYING PRESENTING OURSELVES - MANAGING PRESENTING OURSELVES - MANAGING

IDENTITIES IDENTITIES SELF IS SELF IS ANCHOR ANCHOR FOR ALL JUDGMENTSFOR ALL JUDGMENTS SELF CONTAINS “ANCHORING ATTITUDES” - WE NEVER SELF CONTAINS “ANCHORING ATTITUDES” - WE NEVER

APPROACH SITUATIONS NEUTRALLY APPROACH SITUATIONS NEUTRALLY

SELF-REFLEXIVESELF-REFLEXIVE

WE CAN SEE OURSELVES AS WE CAN SEE OURSELVES AS OBJECTS OBJECTS

WE THINK ABOUT OURSELVES -NAME OUR WE THINK ABOUT OURSELVES -NAME OUR CHARACTERISTICS, QUALITIESCHARACTERISTICS, QUALITIES

SELF-CONCEPT DEVELOPS OUT OF YOUR SELF-CONCEPT DEVELOPS OUT OF YOUR PERCEPTION OF FEEDACK FROM OTHERS PERCEPTION OF FEEDACK FROM OTHERS AROUND YOUAROUND YOU

YOUR PERSONALITY (INHERITANCE + YOUR PERSONALITY (INHERITANCE + EARLY LEARNING) “SPEAKS” TO THE EARLY LEARNING) “SPEAKS” TO THE WORLD AND THEY RESPONDWORLD AND THEY RESPOND

SELF-REFLEXIVESELF-REFLEXIVE

BECAUSE WE CAN SEE BECAUSE WE CAN SEE OURSELVESOURSELVES

AS “OBJECTS”:AS “OBJECTS”: WE CAN MONITOR OUR SELVES WE CAN MONITOR OUR SELVES

TAKING THE ROLE OF THE OTHERTAKING THE ROLE OF THE OTHER

WE CAN ALSO JUDGE OUR WE CAN ALSO JUDGE OUR SELVES SELVES

MEAD’S MODEL OF SELFMEAD’S MODEL OF SELF

THE “I”THE “I” SPONTANEOUS, CREATIVE SELF, RESPONDS TO SPONTANEOUS, CREATIVE SELF, RESPONDS TO

INNER NEEDS NOT SOCIAL NORMSINNER NEEDS NOT SOCIAL NORMS

THE “ME”THE “ME” YOUR “SOCIAL SELVES” - OTHERS YOUR “SOCIAL SELVES” - OTHERS

PERSPECTIVES YOU’VE IMPORTEDPERSPECTIVES YOU’VE IMPORTED MONITOR OF YOUR IMPULSIVE, SPONTANEOUS MONITOR OF YOUR IMPULSIVE, SPONTANEOUS

REACTIONSREACTIONS

THE “I” AND THE THE “I” AND THE “ME”“ME”

MEAD’S MODEL OF SELFMEAD’S MODEL OF SELF

THE “ME”THE “ME” YOUR “SOCIAL SELVES” - OTHERS YOUR “SOCIAL SELVES” - OTHERS

PERSPECTIVES YOU’VE IMPORTEDPERSPECTIVES YOU’VE IMPORTED WE PLAY ROLES IN ALL SOCIAL SITUATIONSWE PLAY ROLES IN ALL SOCIAL SITUATIONS ROLES - SET OF BEHAVIORS AND ROLES - SET OF BEHAVIORS AND

EXPECTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A EXPECTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A POSITIONPOSITION

WE ENACT EXPECTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS WE ENACT EXPECTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS OF OF A POSITION A POSITION

NOTICE HOW OTHERS’ RESPOND TO OUR ROLE NOTICE HOW OTHERS’ RESPOND TO OUR ROLE PLAYINGPLAYING

SELVES ASSELVES ASROLES PLAYEDROLES PLAYED

HERE’S HOW I REALLY AM, BUT I LOOK LIKE THIS TO…

MY SON MY WIFE MY DENTIST

MEAD’S STAGE THEORY OF MEAD’S STAGE THEORY OF SELF DEVELOPMENTSELF DEVELOPMENT

THE SELF ARISES THROUGH THE SELF ARISES THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERSOTHERS

IMITATIVE/ANTICIPATORY IMITATIVE/ANTICIPATORY STAGESTAGE

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