COMM 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Comparison Theory, Social Penetration Theory
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Objective: to fully understand self-concept, self-esteem, image management, and self-disclosure. Reflects your stable ideas about who you are. The awareness of how we look, sound, and affect others. Expectations based on how we perceive ourselves. Expectations prompt us to act in specific ways. Those actions bring about the outcomes we expected. Your subjective evaluation of your value and worth as a person. Adjusting our behavior to project a desired image. Example: if i call out rhouel for acting like a boy when he"s with the boys. Face - a person"s desired public image. Facework - the behavior one uses to project one"s desired public image to. Face-threat - a behavior that threatens one or more face needs others. Research shows that people tend to attribute their failures to external causes, and attribute others" failures and successes to internal causes. Showing that you are approachable and open to relationships around you. Showing that you are good at what you do.
