COMN 2111 : COMMUNICATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE

1. COMN 2111: COMMUNICATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE IT'S ALL ABOUT ME AGAIN ! ! PERSONALITY AND SELF CONCEPT Lecture 9b

2. THREE ASPECTS OF THE SELF • PERSONALITY • SELF-CONCEPT • RELATIVELY STABLE PERCEPTIONS OF YOURSELF - “I AM……”

3. COMMUNICATION AND THE SELF CONCEPT • SELF-CONCEPT IS ESTABLISHED, SUSTAINED AND ALTERED THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS • SELF IS A PROCESS AND ALWAYS IN PROCESS • WE INTERACT WITH OTHERS, WE REVISE OUR VIEWS OF SELF • SELF ASSUMES MULTIPLE ROLES • ROLE TAKING AND PLAYING • PRESENTING OURSELVES - MANAGING IDENTITIES • SELF IS ANCHOR FOR ALL JUDGMENTS • SELF CONTAINS “ANCHORING ATTITUDES” - WE NEVER APPROACH SITUATIONS NEUTRALLY

4. SELF-REFLEXIVE • WE CAN SEE OURSELVES AS OBJECTS • WE THINK ABOUT OURSELVES -NAME OUR CHARACTERISTICS, QUALITIES • SELF-CONCEPT DEVELOPS OUT OF YOUR PERCEPTION OF FEEDACK FROM OTHERS AROUND YOU • YOUR PERSONALITY (INHERITANCE + EARLY LEARNING) “SPEAKS” TO THE WORLD AND THEY RESPOND

5. SELF-REFLEXIVE BECAUSE WE CAN SEE OURSELVES AS “OBJECTS”: • WE CAN MONITOR OUR SELVES • TAKING THE ROLE OF THE OTHER • WE CAN ALSO JUDGE OUR SELVES

6. MEAD’S MODEL OF SELF • THE “I” • SPONTANEOUS, CREATIVE SELF, RESPONDS TO INNER NEEDS NOT SOCIAL NORMS • THE “ME” • YOUR “SOCIAL SELVES” - OTHERS PERSPECTIVES YOU’VE IMPORTED • MONITOR OF YOUR IMPULSIVE, SPONTANEOUS REACTIONS

7. THE “I” AND THE “ME”

9. MEAD’S MODEL OF SELF • THE “ME” • YOUR “SOCIAL SELVES” - OTHERS PERSPECTIVES YOU’VE IMPORTED • WE PLAY ROLES IN ALL SOCIAL SITUATIONS • ROLES - SET OF BEHAVIORS AND EXPECTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A POSITION • WE ENACT EXPECTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS OF A POSITION • NOTICE HOW OTHERS’ RESPOND TO OUR ROLE PLAYING

10. SELVES AS ROLES PLAYED HERE’S HOW I REALLY AM, BUT I LOOK LIKE THIS TO… MY SON MY WIFE MY DENTIST

11. MEAD’S STAGE THEORY OF SELF DEVELOPMENT • THE SELF ARISES THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS • IMITATIVE/ANTICIPATORY STAGE • PLAY STAGE • GAME STAGE