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Self Concept Who am I?

• 1.   a set of labels you apply to yourself
• 2.   labels that are relatively stable
• 3.  labels that are subjective (perception)

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Theories of self concept

• 1. Reflected Appraisal Theory
• What you think others think of you
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• 2.  Social Comparison Theory
• Based on comparisons with others
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• 3.  Individual Selectivity Theory
• You choose opinions and comparisons you
  believe valuable

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Perception-the process of assigning meaning to
sensory data
1.We select cues to interpret.   2.We organize
cues weve selected.   3.We interpret cues weve
selected and organized.  
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Interpretation is based on

• -our knowledge
• -our past experiences
• -our expectations
• -our assumptions about human behavior
• -our personal moods
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Self fulfilling prophecy-beginning with a
preconceived idea of the world and looking for
data to support that idea
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Language

• Language is a symbol system

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• A word is not an object. It is simply a
  representation of an object.
• Denotation
• -the dictionary definition of a word

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How many do you know?

• 1. triskaidekaphobia
• 2. spondulicks
• 3. octothorpe
• 4. copacetic
• 5. sennight
• 6. halcyon
• 7. lollapaloosa

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• 1. triskaidekaphobia
• fear of the number 13
• 2. spondulicks
• money, cash
• 3. octothorpe
• The pound or sign on the telephone

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• 4. copacetic
• fine, excellent, going just right
• 5. sennight
• one week
• 6. halcyon
• Calm or peaceful happy or carefree

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• 7. lollapaloosa
• Something outstandingly good of its kind
• (a lollapaloosa of a game)
• And yet another interesting word
• floccinaucinihilipilification
• the action or habit of judging something to be
  worthless

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And the longest word in the dictionary

• Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
• A lung disease caused by the inhalation
• of silica dust

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• Connotation
• -the personal meaning of a word based on our
  experience of the word.
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• dog
• home

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• Bypassing
• -a communication breakdown caused when a word
  means more than one thing or two words mean the
  same thing.
• entrée/on tray
• red/read
• slang-dog/fox/cat/cool/hot

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• Language is governed by rules.
• Syntax
• -the rules governing a languages grammar system
• (Ie. In English, an adjective usually comes
  before a noun.)
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• Semantics
• -the study of the denotative meaning of a
  language (Each word has shades of meaning.)
• female/woman/lady
• house/home/hovel/dump/
• Politicians and lawyers sometimes play semantic
  games. Sometimes we refer to these kinds of games
  as splitting hairs.

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• Regulative Rules
• -how language is used in particular situations
• Regulative rules are usually unspoken.  
• (Ie. We speak more formally to superiors such as
  our bosses. We speak differently at home than at
  school.)