Chapter 3: Communication and Personal Identity

Communication s chapte

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Direct definition
Communication that explicitly tells us who we are by labeling us and our behaviors
Identity scripts
Rules for how we are supposed to live and who we are supposed to be
Attachment styles
Patterns of parenting that teach us who we and others are and how to relate to others
Social comparison
Involves comparing ourselves with others to form judgments of our own talents, attractiveness, abilities, leadership skills, and so forth
Ego boundaries
Define where the self stops and the rest of the world begins
Particular others
The viewpoints of specific people who are significant to us
Reflected appraisal
Seeing ourselves through other's eyes
Perspective of the generalized other
The collection of rules, roles, and attitudes endorsed by the whole social community in which we live
Self-sabotage
Crippling self-talk; telling ourselves we are no good, we'll never learn something, there's no point in trying