Transcript Communication, Perception, and Self

Review of Chapter 1
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What is the difference between interpersonal and
intrapersonal communication?
Give me an example of noise (explain specific
type)
What is the context? Give me an example of a
specific type.
What is the transactional model of communication?
What are the three categories on the Continuum of
Interpersonal Communication?
COMMUNICATION,
PERCEPTION, AND SELF
Chapter 2 Recap/Lecture
DISCUSSION QUESTION:
What’s the relationship between
the three?
Communication + Perception + Self
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Implicit Personality Theory (The Halo Effect)
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Cara is friendly, intelligent and ______
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Attribution Theory
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Warm?
Rude?
Bright?
Distant?
Maya is always grumpy. She never wants to socialize with anyone. When she
comes into work and she doesn’t greet anyone, what would you think?
Erica is always very cheerful. She likes to crack jokes and make people smile.
When she comes into the office one day and goes straight to her desk (without
greeting anyone), what would you think?
Continual Process of Modification
Responding to Stimuli
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If I meet a person on Facebook through a group message about reality
television.
Three-Part Discussion/Application
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Perceptions of Self (Self-Concept)
Others’ Perceptions of Us
Perceptions of Others
Self-Concept
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Permanent?
Symbolic Interactionism Theory (Mead)
Self-Awareness
Self-Esteem
Improving Self Concept
 Have
desire to change
 Decide what you want to change
 Set reasonable personal goals
 Review and revise
Self-Concept
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Self-fulfilling prophecy
Identity Management
 Facework
(Positive vs. Negative)
 Working on Identity Management
 Timing
 Focusing
on Present; Concentrate on the Message
 Self-Monitoring
What is your self-concept?
e.g. positive qualities, flaws, worldview, goals, areas
you want to improve upon, etc.
Do you think others perceive you in this way?
Friends? Strangers?
Perceptions
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Process
 Attending
 Selective
and Selecting
perception
 Organizing
 Relational
Schema
 Stereotypes
 Interpreting
 Retrieving
 Selective
Retention
Perceptions
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Influences
 Culture
 Sex
and Gender
 Difference
between the two?
 Gender Schema
 Gender Socialization
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Examples of Gender Roles
Perceptions
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Influences
 Sense
of Self
 Physical Factors (e.g. age, health)
 What
if a 80 year old was in a night club?
 Technology
 What
(how we use it; what it means to use it)
if I didn’t have a cellular phone?
 What if I had a flip phone?
 What if I didn’t have Facebook or Twitter?
Perceptions of Others
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Watch the clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY_gpZGj_AY
(Beginning and 7:20 mark)
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Think about your perceptions of both individuals
communicating
How do those perceptions impact your willingness to
communicate with them?
How do your perceptions impact how you would
communicate with them?
How do you think their perceptions impacted how they
communicated with each other?
Improving Perceptions
 Understand
Personal Worldview
 Realize Incompleteness of Perception
 Seek Explanation and Clarification
 Distinguish Fact from Inference
Perceptions of Dr. Goldman
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Initial thoughts? Why?
Have they changed? Why?
What if I sent you a Facebook Request, with the
username: Adria “I’m so fly” Goldman
What if my phone rung in class and my ringtone
was your favorite song?
Perceptions of Others
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Application Exercise #1a (worth 10 points total; 5
for each part):
 Talk
with two of your close friends. Ask about their
perceptions of you now. Ask how it compares to their
perceptions when you two first met.
 We will compare these responses to the responses from
your classmates (to understand the role of relational
history, relational uniqueness, and relational rules)
 Part 2 (#1b) will be completed in class
Your Perceptions of Others/Others’
Perceptions of You
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Activity: Find out how others in our class perceive
you. How do you perceive them?
 Converse
with 4 of your classmates
 Ask how they perceive you; share how you perceive
them
 Mention if your perception has changed any from the
first day of class
 Be KIND; Constructive feedback
 Note the type of communication (interpersonal or
impersonal)
Revisit Self-Concept Notes
Did the perceptions of others change your selfconcept?
Shaping Perceptions
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Technology; how do we use technology to shape
others’ perceptions of who we are?
Application Exercise #2 (Worth 10 points): Draw
out a profile for Dr. G’s Class Social Networking
Site. After creating your profile, answer these
questions:
 What
image were you trying to create?
 How did you want others to perceive you?
 As a class, we’ll discuss if it worked (how did we
perceive the profiles and did it impact how we would
communicate with you)
Example: Draw out the “profile”
Type of picture?
Username?
Tagline?
About me:
Likes/Dislikes/Hobbies
Favorite Quotes/Movies/Music