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Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 2
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
10/09/2011

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General process by which you behave in particular ways to create a desired social image.
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Impression management
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Process by which we try to shape what others think about us
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Self presentation
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Regulating your behavior to meet the demands of social situations.
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Self monitering
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Becoming aware of some aspect of yourself and evaluating it by considering how it measures up to some internal rule or standard.
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Objective self awareness
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Comparing your perceptions and reactions with the reactions and perceptions of others
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Consensual Validation
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Revealing to another person how you are reacting to the present situation
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Self Disclosure
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Self presentation acts motivated by the desire to get along and be liked
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Ingratiation
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Desire to have others precieve us as we genuinly precieve ourselves
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Self verification
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Information that allows you to compare your actual performance with standards of performance. In interpersonal relationships it is other people disclosing how they are preceiving and reacting to your behavior.
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Feedback
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Theory that self focused attention leads people to notice self-discrepancies, thereby motivating either a change in behavior or an escapre from self-awareness.
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Self awareness theory
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The loss of a persons sense of individuality and the reduction of normal constraints against deviant behavior.
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Deindividuation
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Gauging your attitudes, emotions, attributes and abilites by comapring them to those of other people.
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Social comparison
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Seeing yourself as other people see you.
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Looking glass self
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Viewing yourself and your actions with approval or satisfaction, or having a positive regard for yourself.
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Self-acceptance
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Focusing your attention on yourself
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Self awareness
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Self presentation acts motivated by a desire to get ahead and be respected for ones competence.
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 Self-promotion

 

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