Chapter 2

Effective Speech Communication

Self Concept

Make a list of five noun

phrases that you would use to

describe yourself.

Self-concept

Our personal definition of ourselves… “Who am I?”We define ourselves through social

interactionSelf-concept greatly influences the

communication we have with others

Elements that effect your list of (self-concept) labels:

A set of labels You apply to Yourself

Self concept = Our most fundamental possession

The answer to “Who am I?” can grow and changeSocial rolesPhysical appearanceWays we actWays we think

Labels are stable

Our set of labels are relatively stableLabels that are fundamental to who you

are change very littleWhat about you do you predict will be

the say ten years from now?

labels that are subjective

A set of labels that are subjective

Perception of experiences > v. < objective reality

Your internal mirror reflects your perception of things others do or say

Theories about Self-Concept

Reflected appraisal theory

How we think about ourselves is influenced by what we think other people think about us.

The opinions that are most important to us are those from people we consider significant

Reflected appraisal theory

Stop and think for a moment….????

So, do you LIKE all those people we consider significant?

Are you glad they have an influence on you?

Reflected Appraisal Theory

I am not who I think I am

I am not who you think I am

I am who I think you think I am

Reflected appraisal theory

Their relationship to usTheir knowledgeTheir status in your

world

Qualifies the Validity of oppinion

Social Comparison Theory

Our self concept is influenced by comparisons we make of ourselves with certain criteria that are valued in the environment (society)

This perception tends to be distorted

Social Comparison Theory

High school students tend to have a smaller environment.

Or do they? Think of the influence the media has on us.

Individual Selectivity Theory

We have control over the factors that influence our self-concept.

We choose people whose voices and opinions we will value and consider significant.

Perception quiz.pptx

Perception

Process by which we assign meaning to sensory data.

Perception…

Five sense--data about the raw cues v. our interpretation of those cues

We want to believe that our perception of raw cues is the truth

The key to effective communication is know that our own perception of truth and other’s could be different

We Select certain cues to interpret

We select particular stimuli as the focus of our attention

The most intenseThose that are the most repeated

The same forces can influence how we perceive people

Select Certain Cues

Reaction to a strong physical characteristic may be particularly intense

Reaction to a repeated mannerism my be particularly intense

Are you aware of your pet peeves?

How do you respond to someone who trespasses on your pet peeves?

We organize the cues that we have selected.

We interpret cues that we have selected and organized

We interpret the cues we have SELECTED By using a HIGHLY PERSONAL system Based on the following:

OUR Knowledge

OUR past experience

OUR expectations

OUR assumptions about human behavior

OUR mood

WARNING!

Our knowledge, experiences, assumptions or may be greatly different than that of our speaker or our audience