Questions and Answers
What is self-concept?
Self-concept is an image of who you are. It is the way you see yourself, consisting of your feelings and thoughts about your strengths and weaknesses, your abilities and limitations, your aspirations and world view.
What are the sources of self-concept?
Sources of self-concept include others' images, social comparison, cultural teachings, and self-evaluation.
What is self-awareness?
Self-awareness refers to understanding how self-concept develops, leading to an increase in the extent to which you know yourself, including your strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, feelings, personalities, and tendencies.
What is self-esteem?
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Study Notes
The Self in Interpersonal Communication
- Self-concept is an image of oneself, consisting of feelings, thoughts, strengths, weaknesses, abilities, limitations, aspirations, and worldview.
Sources of Self-Concept
- Others' images: Looking at how others reveal themselves to you, through social media, online influence, and significant individuals in your life.
- Social comparison: Comparing oneself with others, and interpreting their reactions to you.
- Cultural teachings: Learning from parents, teachers, and the media.
- Self-evaluation: Reacting to your own behavior, and evaluating your own strengths and weaknesses.
Self-Awareness
- Self-awareness refers to knowing oneself, including strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, feelings, and personalities.
- The Johari Window model emphasizes that self-awareness is not separate, but interactive parts of a whole.
- The four quadrants of the Johari Window are:
- The Open Self
- The Blind Self
- The Hidden Self
- The Unknown Self
- Each person's Johari Window is different, and can vary from one time to another and from one interpersonal situation to another.
Growing in Self-Awareness
- Five ways to increase self-awareness:
- Ask yourself about yourself
- Listen to others
- Actively seek information about yourself
- See your different selves
- Increase your open self
Self-Esteem
- Self-esteem refers to a measure of how valuable you think you are.
- If you have high self-esteem, you will think highly of yourself.
- If you have low self-esteem, you will view yourself negatively.
- Self-esteem includes cognitive, affective, and behavioral components.
- Cognitive self-esteem: thinking about your strengths and weaknesses.
- Affective self-esteem: feeling about yourself in light of your strengths and weaknesses.
- Behavioral self-esteem: verbal and non-verbal behaviors like disclosures, assertiveness, and conflict strategies.
Increasing Self-Esteem
- Six ways to increase self-esteem:
- Attack self-destructive beliefs
- Seek out nourishing people
- Beware the Imposter Phenomenon
- Work on projects that will result in success
- Secure affirmation of your successes
- Remind yourself of your successes
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Learn about the self in interpersonal communication, including self-concept, self-esteem, and self-awareness, as well as perception and impression formation.
