INTRAPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

internally communicating with ones self. The basis for communicating with others is communicating with others is the ability to communicate with oneself. Those people who tend to know who they are, what they believe in, and what their attitudes are have a clear understanding of their beliefs, values and expectations are much more likely to be able to communicate these ideas to others. COGNITIVE PROCESSING - comprehending, organizing and storing of ideas. - an aspect of intrapersonal communication, it is how we process information in relationship to our values, attitudes and beliefs. VALUES what we perceive to be of positive or negative worth. ATTITUDES our predispositions BELIEFS convictions

SELF-CONFIDENCE - sense of ones competence or effectiveness Each of us possess the following: 1) REAL SELF - what you think of your self when you are being most honest about your interests, thoughts, emotions and needs. For many people, the real self is dynamic and changing. 2) IDEAL SELF - who you would like to be or think you should be. - the perfect you, perceived as being perfect by your self or others (or both of you). - its often the you the significant others in your life (relatives, employers, the media, advertising) have told you that you should be, or who they want you to be. 3) PUBLIC SELF - one you let others know - it is the you that you have decided to let others see. - based on the concept that if others believe the right things about me, I can get them to like me; I can persuade them and generally get my way. It acknowledges that If others believe the wrong things about me, I can be rejected and blocked from my goals. Not only actors and politicians shape their public selves, we all do. CLASSIC THEORY ABOUT SELF -self is composed of four aspects: a) Spiritual - what we are thinking and feeling b) Material - represented by our possessions and physical surroundings c) Social - represented by our interactions with others d) Physical - physical being Another theory stresses that the self evolves from the interactions we have with other people and how we intrapersonally integrate these interactions into our self-thought. As we go through these changes, our self-communication reflects the alterations that are taking place, and for this
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Your culture, background, family education, and experiences all serve as the framework for shaping how you deal with incoming information and affect the way you decide on what actions to take or avoid. If things are in balance, we feel fairly good about ourselves and the world around us. If they are not, we may intrapersonally become confused and frustrated, which may cause us to act negatively towards ourselves or others, maybe even blaming them for whats wrong. COGNITIVE DISSONANCE imbalance between values, attitudes, and beliefs cognitive dissonance often leads to a guilty conscience, the real or perceived fear that we are going to get caught, get punished or otherwise be found out.

THE SELF
How a human being views himself or herself will determine most of his or her actions and choices in life.
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reason, we experience over our lifetime multiple concepts, rather than a single one, of who we are. You are probably not the same person today that you perceive yourself to be five years from ago, and you are not the same person today that you perceive your self to be five years from now. JOHARI WINDOW

AREA 4: Unknown Area - represents all those things that neither you nor others know about you. Often, these aspects are so well concealed that they never ever surface. Since you dont reveal them, these traits remain unknown not only to you but to everyone else. SELF-TALK - intrapersonally communicating with ones self - inner dialogue - is often silent thinking, an internal whisper of which we are scarcely aware, or our automatic non-verbal reactions. Although it may be quiet, its impact is enormous. - Your behavior, your feelings, your selfesteem, and even your level of stress are influenced by your inner speech.

The Johari Window allows you to ascertain your willingness to disclose who you are and allow others to disclose to you. From an intrapersonal perspective, this helps you understand a great deal about your self and some cultural underpinnings of your self-thinking. AREA 1: Free Area - includes everything you know and understand about your self and all other people know and understand about you: your values, personality characteristics and perceptions. What are some good and bad characteristics you know about your self that others agree with? AREA 2: Blind Area - represents all those things about you that others recognize but you do not see in your self. Have you taken time to ask people if theres any negative trait you might have? What did they say? Were you surprised? AREA 3: Hidden Area - you recognize something about your self but you choose not to share it with others. Have you ever tried hiding something about your self? Like being emotional? Or having ambitions which youre embarrassed to share?

Inner Speech refers to the subvocalized or silent intrapersonal spoken language used to generate symbolic and conceptual thought while in the process of creating word meanings.

SELF-CONCEPT - the view you have of your self - determines what you will say and to whom you will say it. For example, if you perceive your self to be a good communicator, then you are likely to feel confident in your communication. But if you label your self as shy or apprehensive, you may find it difficult to express your self. - Thought to ponder on: If you do not accept your self, probably no one else will, either. Your self-concept can work for or against you. What are the negative things that people say about you? Do you believe them? SELF-LOVE - accepting your self as a worthy person - it has NOTHING to do with the sort of behavior characterized by telling everyone how wonderful you are; it simply means to love your self. - exercise of accepting your self as a viable human being.
Reference: Roy M. Berko, et. al. Communicating: A Social and Career Focus. Pearson Education, Inc. 2007.

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