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Self-Awareness and
Communication
Chapter Two

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Overview
How Well Do You Know Yourself?
Self-Concept: Who Are You?
William James: Dimensions of Self
How the Self-Concept Develops
Self-Esteem: Whats Your Value?
The Nature of Self-Esteem
Enhancing Self-Esteem
The Perception Process
Enhancing Perception
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How Well Do You Know Yourself?

Self-Awareness
The capacity to observe and reflect on ones

own mental states.

Symbolic Self-Awareness
A unique human ability to develop and

communicate a representation of oneself to

others through language

Maslows Process of Becoming Aware

Unconscious Incompetence
Conscious Incompetence
Conscious Competence
Unconscious Competence

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Self-Concept: Who Are You?

Self-Concept
Your interior identity or subjective description of

who you think you are

Self-Image
Your view of yourself in a particular situation or

circumstance

Self-Concept Components
Attitude
Belief
Value
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William James: Dimensions of Self

Material Self
The component of self derived from physical

elements that reflect who you are

Social Self
The variety of selves that appear in different

situations and roles, reflected in interactions

with others

Spiritual Self
The component of self based on introspection

about values, morals and beliefs

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How the Self-Concept Develops

Communication with Others
Multi-dimensional and changing
Co-created
Past and present relationships
Two components
Avowed Identity
Ascribed Identity

Associations with Groups

Assumed Roles
Self-Labels
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Self-Esteem: What is Your Value?

Self-Esteem
Your assessment of your worth or value as

reflected in your perception of such things as

your skills, abilities, talents, and appearance

Self-Concept Clarity
The extent to which beliefs about oneself are

clearly and confidently identified and stable

over time

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The Nature of Self-Esteem

Gender
Cultural construction that includes ones

biological sex, psychological characteristics,

attitudes about the sexes, and sexual
orientation

Social Comparisons
Process of comparing oneself to others to

measure ones worth

Self-Expectations
Goals you set for yourself
How you believe you should behave and what

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you should accomplish

Enhancing Self-Esteem
Engage in Positive Self-Talk
Visualize
Reframe
Develop Honest Relationships
Surround Yourself with Positive

People
Lose Your Baggage
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The Perception Process

Perception
The arousal of any of your senses

Stage One: Attention & Selection

Attention: Perceiving stimuli in your

environment
Selection: Choosing specific stimuli to focus on

Stage Two: Organization

Converting information to make sense out of

what was observed

Stage Three: Interpretation

Attaching meaning to what is attended to,

selected, and organized

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Enhancing Perception
Increase Your Awareness
Avoid Stereotypes
Stereotype: A generalization applied to persons

perceived to have attributes common to a

particular group

Check Your Perceptions

Indirect Perception Checking
Direct Perception Checking

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Recap
How Well Do You Know Yourself?
Self-Concept: Who Are You?
William James: Dimensions of Self
How the Self-Concept Develops
Self-Esteem: Whats Your Value?
The Nature of Self-Esteem
Enhancing Self-Esteem
The Perception Process
Enhancing Perception
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