COMN 2111: COMMUNICATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE

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COMN 2111 COMMUNICATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE
IT'S ALL ABOUT MY SELF ! !

• SELF AS A PROCESS
• Lecture 9c

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HOW THE FAMILY COMMUNICATES ITS VIEWS OF CHILD

• DIRECT DEFINITION
• LABELS ( AND -) AND INSTRUCTION
• NOT ONLY DEFINES SELF BUT SELF-WORTH (ROLE
  NAMES AND CHARACTER NAMES)
• IDENTITY SCRIPTS
• WHO WE ARE, HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LIVE
• NO CONTROL - ALL OVER BY AGE FIVE

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PEER COMMUNICATION

• REFLECTED APPRAISAL
• HOW THEY SEE US AFFECTS HOW WE SEE OURSELVES
• SOCIAL COMPARISON
• WE JUDGE OURSELVES BY OUR PERCEPTIONS OF OTHERS -
  SIMILARITIES-DIFFERENCES

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SOCIETAL COMMUNICATION

• INTERACTION WITH OTHERS
• WE INFER VALUES, JUDGMENTS, PERSPECTIVES
• THE MEDIA
• FILLS OUR LIVES WITH MESSAGES OF HOW WE OUGHT TO
  BE
• INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION
• EDUCATION, JUDICIAL, MARRIAGE

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SELF-AWARENESS4 SIDES OF THE SELF
KNOWN TO SELF UNKNOWN TO SELF
KNOWN TO OTHERS
OPEN AREA
BLIND AREA
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2.
UNKNOWN TO OTHERS
HIDDEN AREA
UNKOWN AREA
3.
4.
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COMMUNICATION WITH SELF

• SELF PERCEPTION INTERNALLY CONSISTENT, STABLE
• SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
• PERCEPTUAL ACCENTUATION
• ATTRIBUTION BIAS
• SELF COGNITION (LABELLING, JUDGING)
• ALLNESS
• STATIC EVALUATION
  (All Concepts in Devito in kit)

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