COM 252 Chapter 3

Which of the following is not a characteristic of self-concept?

Connotative

Compared to low self-monitors, people who are high self-monitors

have a narrow repertoire of behaviors

Your aunt tells you that she believes you will be extremely successful. In order for you to see yourself that way, this reflected appraisal must:

1. come from a competent source
2. be perceived as highly personal
3. be reasonable in light of what we believe about ourselves
4. be consistent and repeated

Seeking information that conforms to an existing self-concept is called

Cognitive conservatism

Seeing yourself as being "a strong swimmer, but as someone who struggles with academics" demonstrates how

the self-concept is objective

In your private moments of self-reflection, when you have thought you wouldn't ordinarily share with others, you experience your:

perceived self

The term used to describe the verbal and nonverbal ways we act to maintain our own and others' presenting images is

facework

Particularly powerful messages received from significant others would be:

Reflected appraisal

Still thinking you are a good student even after failing classes for two years is an example of which reason for having a self-concept others would regard as unrealistically favorable?

Obsolete information

Since studies show that Chinese, Germans, Japanese, and Americans all manage identities differently in conflicts, we can deduce that facework is influenced by

Culture

What is a relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself:

Self-concept

If you ever gave a speech and forgot your remarks, not because you were unprepared but because you were afraid, saying "I know I'll blow it," you experienced:

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Seeing yourself as being "patient at work but not patient at home" demonstrates how:

the self-concept is flexible

Two concepts that describe how interaction shapes the way individuals view themselves are:

reflected appraisal and social comparison

Benevolent lie

A lie that is not considered malicious by the person who tells it.

Cognitive conservatism

The tendency to seek out information that conforms to an existing self-concept and to ignore information that contradicts it.

Equivocal language

Ambiguous language that has two or more equally plausible meanings.

Facework

Actions people take to preserve their own and others' presenting images.

Identity management

The communication strategies people use to influence how others view them.

Johari Window

A model that describes the relationship between self-disclosure and self-awareness.

Lie

A deliberate act of deception.

Perceived self

The person we believe ourselves to be in moments of candor. It may be identical with or different from the presenting and desired selves.

Presenting self

The image a person presents to others. It may be identical with or different from the perceived and desired self.

Privacy management

The choices people make to reveal or conceal information about themselves.

Reference groups

Groups against which we compare ourselves, thereby influencing our self-concept and self-esteem.

Reflected appraisal

The theory that a person's self-concept matches the way the person believes others regard him or her.

Self-concept

The relatively stable set of perceptions each individual holds of herself or himself. See also Self-esteem.

Self-disclosure

The process of deliberately revealing information about oneself that is significant and that would not normally be known by others.

Self-esteem

The part of the self-concept that involves evaluations of self-worth.

Self-fulfilling prophecy

The causal relationship that occurs when a person's expectations of an event and her or his subsequent behavior based on those expectations make the outcome more likely to occur than would otherwise have been true.

Social comparison

Evaluating oneself in terms of or by comparison to others.

Social penetration model

A model that describes relationships in terms of their breadth and depth.