Review of Chapter 1

What is the difference between interpersonal and intrapersonal communication?

Give me an example of noise (explain specific type)

What is the context? Give me an example of a specific type.

What is the transactional model of communication?

What are the three categories on the Continuum of Interpersonal Communication?

COMMUNICATION, PERCEPTION, AND SELF

Chapter 2 Recap/Lecture

What’s the relationship between the three?

DISCUSSION QUESTION:

Communication + Perception + Self Implicit Personality Theory (The Halo Effect)

Cara is friendly, intelligent and ______ Warm? Rude? Bright? Distant?

Attribution Theory Maya is always grumpy. She never wants to socialize with anyone.

When she comes into work and she doesn’t greet anyone, what would you think?

Erica is always very cheerful. She likes to crack jokes and make people smile. When she comes into the office one day and goes straight to her desk (without greeting anyone), what would you think?

Continual Process of Modification Responding to Stimuli

If I meet a person on Facebook through a group message about reality television.

Three-Part Discussion/Application Perceptions of Self (Self-Concept) Others’ Perceptions of Us Perceptions of Others

Self-Concept

Permanent? Symbolic Interactionism Theory (Mead) Self-Awareness Self-Esteem Improving Self Concept

Have desire to change Decide what you want to change Set reasonable personal goals Review and revise

Self-Concept

Self-fulfilling prophecy Identity Management

Facework (Positive vs. Negative) Working on Identity Management

Timing Focusing on Present; Concentrate on the

Message Self-Monitoring

e.g. positive qualities, flaws, worldview, goals, areas you want to improve upon, etc.

Do you think others perceive you in this way? Friends? Strangers?

What is your self-concept?

Perceptions

Process Attending and Selecting

Selective perception Organizing

Relational Schema Stereotypes

Interpreting Retrieving

Selective Retention

Perceptions

Influences Culture Sex and Gender

Difference between the two? Gender Schema Gender Socialization

Examples of Gender Roles

Perceptions

Influences Sense of Self Physical Factors (e.g. age, health)

What if a 80 year old was in a night club? Technology (how we use it; what it means

to use it) What if I didn’t have a cellular phone? What if I had a flip phone? What if I didn’t have Facebook or Twitter?

Perceptions of Others

Watch the clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY_gpZGj_AY

(Beginning and 7:20 mark)

Think about your perceptions of both individuals communicating

How do those perceptions impact your willingness to communicate with them?

How do your perceptions impact how you would communicate with them?

How do you think their perceptions impacted how they communicated with each other?

Improving Perceptions

Understand Personal Worldview Realize Incompleteness of Perception Seek Explanation and Clarification Distinguish Fact from Inference

Perceptions of Dr. Goldman

Initial thoughts? Why? Have they changed? Why? What if I sent you a Facebook Request,

with the username: Adria “I’m so fly” Goldman

What if my phone rung in class and my ringtone was your favorite song?

Perceptions of Others

Application Exercise #1a (worth 10 points total; 5 for each part): Talk with two of your close friends. Ask

about their perceptions of you now. Ask how it compares to their perceptions when you two first met.

We will compare these responses to the responses from your classmates (to understand the role of relational history, relational uniqueness, and relational rules)

Part 2 (#1b) will be completed in class

Your Perceptions of Others/Others’ Perceptions of You

Activity: Find out how others in our class perceive you. How do you perceive them? Converse with 4 of your classmates Ask how they perceive you; share how you

perceive them Mention if your perception has changed any

from the first day of class Be KIND; Constructive feedback Note the type of communication

(interpersonal or impersonal)

Did the perceptions of others change your self-concept?

Revisit Self-Concept Notes

Shaping Perceptions

Technology; how do we use technology to shape others’ perceptions of who we are?

Application Exercise #2 (Worth 10 points): Draw out a profile for Dr. G’s Class Social Networking Site. After creating your profile, answer these questions: What image were you trying to create? How did you want others to perceive you? As a class, we’ll discuss if it worked (how did

we perceive the profiles and did it impact how we would communicate with you)

Example: Draw out the “profile”

Type of picture?Username?Tagline?

About me:

Likes/Dislikes/Hobbies

Favorite Quotes/Movies/Music