PSYCH 5 Chapter 2: Ch. 2 Communication and Identity
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2 communication and identity: creating and presenting the self: self-concept. A. the relatively stable set of perceptions you hold for yourself. 1. the concept of self is our most fundamental possession. A. involves evaluations of self worth: high self-esteem: think well of others and expect to be accepted by them, sometimes people with high self-esteem may think they make better impressions on others but this may not be true. 2. low self-esteem: likely to believe that others wont like them either: sometimes manifested in hostility toward others because the communicator takes the approach that the only way to feel good is to put others down. 1. inclusion or exclusion from peer groups is a crucial factor in self-concept development for teenagers: social comparison: evaluating ourselves in terms of how we compare with others. 4. the expectation comes to pass reinforcing the original expectation.
