PSYC 443 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Identity Management, Metacognition, Reputation Management
4 May 2019
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July 10, 2018 chapter 2 communication and identity: topics, communication and the self, presenting the self: communication as identity management, self- disclosure in relationships, alternatives to self disclosure, representation. Accessible information stored in head in form of schema. Representation of behaviors and way to act and engage with others. Representations are self contained; the stored information are your own schema of the world. All of our mental schemas deals with the representation of the world, not the real world that could or couldn"t explain the reality. We don"t process raw data out there but the representation. You can have impact on the reality through your personal representation, because you act in a way where people can act according to your representation: metacognition. Awareness and understanding of one"s own thoughts: communication and self. Self concept: the relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself, gets stable in mid adulthood.
