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Perception-Chapter 2“The sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he is unable to sit quietly in his own room”- Pascal“The deeper I go inside of me, the closer I get to you.”—LaRussoWe taled before about how we use communication to make sense of the world. We tell stories, narratives, about the way the world works to not feel so out of control and chaotic. It helps us make sense of our personal world. 1. discussing events or people defines them2. making sense through stories is interactive- events happen and just are, but , we construct “how things went” by discussion, we listen to what others say, and it adds to our idea of what happened.3. How we define and make sense is all influenced by as well as creates our perceptionsPerception- What is it and where does it come from?- real simply, Perception is the way we see the world.- Where does it come from?Ask them to list (in list *Culturehistoryteaching- teacherspast experienceenvironment*family, peers, peoplemedia)- we are going to get further into these influences on our perceptions and how they influence our perception of others and events next time- But today I want to focus in on our perceptions of ourselves.Self-concept.All perceptions are a process. Our concept of self is not static, it changes over time. We canchange what we see. With that in mind we are going to do a diagnostic activity* ACTIVITY* what are the names and labels that people have given you?To get you thinking you are going to answer a question in these 7 areas - write this down.Top of Page: Who am I? And these 7 categories1. Your moods/ feelings (I am a happy person, depressed, sad)2. Your appearance and physical condition ( I am pretty/ ugly, thin/fat)3. Your social traits (outgoing, shy, talker)4. Talents you possess or lack (I am a good dancer, not a good athelete, I am good at makingfriends, bad at remembering names)5. Your intellectual capacity ( smart, slow learner, great at math)6. Your strong beliefs (Values, religion, family is most important, environment)7. Your social roles. (I am a daughter, student, husband, friend, father *take 3-5 minuets to write down,You have just given a partial description of your self- concept.--remember - Your self-concept may be very different from what your best friend or mom mighthave said about you.Now I want you to think of 5 significant labels or names that people have given you in your life.(they may all be in the list that you just named or they might not) These may be positive or negative. Sometimes the negative stick with us long after the positive.These names carry meaning, but we may not want these names anymore.Write them down.I want you to ask yourself, what labels do you want to drop?What labels do you want to either keep or gain?(if having a hard time mention my revelation, dropping “flirt”) Who is willing to share? (wait for it!)Start acting like your name! CS Lewis has a “doctrine of pretending”, he says that often when we want to develop a qualityor feeling we must first pretend like we already have it. If we want to be more loving, we start actingmore loving, even if it feels fake, we go through the motions, and soon the emotions come. We startbecoming, loving , or patient, or happy, through acting like we already are.I . What is Self Concept?Def: a set of relatively stable perceptions that each of us hold about ourselves. The self-conceptincludes our conception about what is unique about us and what makes us similar to others.Why do you think a communication class would focus on self-concept?Answer_ 1.self-concept affects every aspect of our lives, including communication2. how we view self affects how we communicate to others and how they communicate to us. 3. we have the power to shape other’s self concept through our communication, we shouldunderstand this powerful tool.4. a healthy concept of self is a fundamental valuable possessionWith out a self-concept it would be impossible to relate to the world around you. If you were a dog or a cat or a horse you wouldn't realize that the image in a mirrowr was a reflection of yourself. Most animals in this situation think that they are face to face with anothermember of their species.The exception is the great apes - chimps, gorillas and orang-utans are capable of recognising themselves in the mirror - and of course us.What's interesting is what the other apes do when presented with a mirror: they use mirrors to groom themselves, pick food out of their teeth and make faces at themselves for entertainment -i.e. more or less the same reactions as us Naked Apes. From research on body imageYou can relate to your world and the people in it because you know who you are and how youfit into your world.II. We get these ideas of who we are mostly from others, and what they communicate to us.1. most researchers agree we are not born with a self-conceptan infant in his/her crib has no notion of who they are, at about 6-7 months the child begins to recognize “self “ as distinct from surroundings and others. They see own hands and know it is mine. Mostly physical . Most infants don’ recognize self in mirror until 2 years old.2. self-concept is extremely subjective. It is constructed almost entirely from the feedback that others communicate to us. We begin to form self esteem based on our perception of our selfIII. Self-esteem is our evaluation of self-worth.Self-esteem has a very powerful effect on the way we communicate.a. people w/ high self esteem are more likely to communicate with others, think highlyof others and expect to be accepted by others, than their low self-esteemcounterparts.b. Are not afraid of others reactions and perform well when others are watching.Is this the kind of person you want to be?Have you ever been placed in a new situation wheresuddenly no one really knows you and who you "really"are? You are no longer called by the same names?Maybe you are a very different person at work thanwith your friends.At school v. work.The transition from high school to college.maybe you were mr. popular and now no one knows yourname, thinks you are shy.Sometimes the names other people give us are not trueor healthy.When we are conscious of or perecptions, the way welabel ourselves, and events, than we can be activeabout changeing those labels and choosing whichperspectives to accept.We are selective in what we choose to beleive aboutourselves. If we have a good


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