Chapter 2 Effective Speech Communication Self Concept Make a list of five noun phrases that you would use to describe yourself. Self-concept Our personal definition of ourselves… “Who am I?” We define ourselves through social interaction Self-concept greatly influences the communication we have with others Elements that effect your list of (selfconcept) labels: A set of labels You apply to Yourself Self concept = Our most fundamental possession The answer to “Who am I?” can and change Social roles Physical appearance Ways we act Ways we think grow Labels are stable Our set of labels are relatively stable Labels that are fundamental to who you are change very little What about you do you predict will be the say ten years from now? labels that are subjective A set of labels that are subjective Perception of experiences > v. < objective reality Your internal mirror reflects your perception of things others do or say Theories about SelfConcept Reflected appraisal theory How we think about ourselves is influenced by what we think other people think about us. The opinions that are most important to us are those from people we consider significant Reflected appraisal theory Stop and think for a moment….???? So, do you LIKE all those people we consider significant? Are you glad they have an influence on you? Reflected Appraisal Theory I am not who I think I am I am not who you think I am I am who I think you think I am Reflected appraisal theory Their relationship to us Their knowledge Their status in your world Qualifies the Validity of oppinion Social Comparison Theory Our self concept is influenced by comparisons we make of ourselves with certain criteria that are valued in the environment (society) This perception tends to be distorted Social Comparison Theory High school students tend to have a smaller environment. Or do they? Think of the influence the media has on us. Individual Selectivity Theory We have control over the factors that influence our self-concept. We choose people whose voices and opinions we will value and consider significant. Perception quiz.pptx Perception Process by which we assign meaning to sensory data. Perception… Five sense--data about the raw cues v. our interpretation of those cues We want to believe that our perception of raw cues is the truth The key to effective communication is know that our own perception of truth and other’s could be different We Select certain cues to interpret We select particular stimuli as the focus of our attention The most intense Those that are the most repeated The same forces can influence how we perceive people Select Certain Cues Reaction to a strong physical characteristic may be particularly intense Reaction to a repeated mannerism my be particularly intense Are you aware of your pet peeves? How do you respond to someone who trespasses on your pet peeves? We organize the cues that we have selected. We interpret cues that we have selected and organized We interpret the cues we have SELECTED By using a HIGHLY PERSONAL system Based on the following: OUR Knowledge OUR past experience OUR expectations OUR assumptions about human behavior OUR mood WARNING! Our knowledge, experiences, assumptions or may be greatly different than that of our speaker or our audience