Ch 1. Self Awareness Assessment

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Ch 1. Self Awareness Assessment
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• Please answer in reflect your attitudes and
  behavior as they are now.
• Rating scale
• 1. Strongly disagree.
• 2. Disagree.
• 3. Slightly disagree.
• 4. Slightly agree.
• 5. Agree.
• 6. Strongly agree.

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• Assessment
• I seek information about my strengths and
  weakness from others as a basis for self
  improvement.
• When I receive negative feedback about myself
  from others, I do not get angry or defensive.

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1. In order to improve, I am willing to be self
   disclosing to others (that is, to share my
   beliefs and feelings).
2. I am aware of my personal learning style and how
   I learn best.

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• I have a good grasp of what it means to
• be emotionally mature, and I demonstrate
  that capability.
• I have a good sense of how I cope with situations
  that are ambiguous and uncertain.

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1. I have well developed set of personal standards
   and principles that guide my behavior.
2. I feel in charge of what happens to me, good and
   bad.

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1. I seldom, If ever, feel angry, depressed, or
   anxious without knowing why.
2. I am conscious of the areas in which conflict and
   friction most frequently arise in my interactions
   with others.

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• I have a close personal relationship
• with at least one other person with whom I
  can share personal information and personal
  feelings.

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A Hierarchy of Personal Life- Management Skills

• 1. Self awareness.
• 2. Setting priorities and goals.
• 3. Managing time.
• 4. Managing stress.
• Problems gtgtgtgtgtgtgtSymptom
• Strategic gtgtgtgtgtgtgtTactical

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Important Areas of Self Awareness

• Five core aspects of self awareness
• (Figure 1.2. Page 64)
• - Emotional intelligence,
• (identifies emotional awareness and control).
• - Values,
• (identifies personal standards and moral
  judgment).
• - Learning style,
• (identifies information acquisition and
  evaluation).
• - Attitudes toward change,
• (identifies adaptability and responsibility)
• - Core self evaluation,
• (identifies underlying personality
  attributes)

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Important Areas of Self Awareness(Emotional
Intelligence)

• Emotional intelligence
• 1. The ability to diagnose and recognize
• your own emotions.
• 2. The ability to control your own
• emotions.
• 3. The ability to recognize and diagnose
• the emotions display by others.
• 4. The ability to respond appropriately
• by those emotional cues.

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Important Areas of Self Awareness(Values)

• Values
• - People especially are not aware that
• they hold some values as being more
• important than others.
• - The values are affected by such
• -- nationalities,
• -- ethnic groups,
• -- industries,
• -- organizations.

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Important Areas of Self Awareness(Values)

• Cultural values, Table 1.1. Page 67.
• Example
• Value dimension is Universalism
• Explanation Societal rules and norms are
  valued.
• Example countries US, Switzerland, Norway,
  Sweden.
• other peoples behavior is governed by
  universal standards such as - do not lie
• - do not cheat
• - do not run a red
  light

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Important Areas of Self Awareness(Learning Style)

• Each of us is constantly being exposed to an
  overwhelming amount of information.
• Learning style refers to the inclination each of
  us to perceive, interpret, and respond to
  information in a certain way.
• Learning style is based on two key dimensions
• 1. The manner in which you gather
  information
• 2. The way in which you evaluate and act on
  information.

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Important Areas of Self Awareness(Learning Style
(continued))

• One the main reasons we focus on learning style
  is
• To be successful, everyone must be constantly
  learning.

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Important Areas of Self Awareness(Learning Style
(continued))

• Two dimensions of learning
• 1. The information gathering information
• Concrete Experience (CE)
• (learn by tangible, concrete,
  sensual
• encounters).
• Abstract Conceptualization (AC)
• (learn when they encounter ideas and
  
• theories and then have a chance to
  think
• about them logically and
  analytically).

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Important Areas of Self Awareness(Learning Style
(continued))

• Two dimensions of learning
• 2. The information response
• reflective observation (RO),
• (after encountering information,
• inclined to examine it from
• different perspectives).
• active experimentation (AE),
• (inclined to act immediately on the
• information they receive).

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Important Areas of Self Awareness(Attitudes
Toward Change)

• Attitude toward change
• 1. Tolerance of ambiguity,
• (the extent to which individuals are
• threatened by or have difficulty
• coping with situations that are
• ambiguous).
• 2. Locus of control,
• (attitude people develop regarding the
• extent to which they are in control of
• their own destinies).

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Important Areas of Self Awareness(Core Self
Evaluation)

• Core self evaluation
• overall positive self regard (the extent to
  which people value themselves and feel proficient
  as individuals).

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Important Areas of Self Awareness(Core Self
Evaluation)

• Homework
• Answers in detail the questions no 1 4, Page
  92-93.