Self Perception/Intrapersonal Communication

 Our Internal Voice  Think about things  Respond to our experiences and surroundings  Powerful force in our life

 The process used to assign meaning to experience  Each individual has unique perception  Three types of Perception  Sensory Perception  Selective Perception  Personal Perception

 Physical process of taking in data through our senses  Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch, Hearing

 The mental process of selecting which stimuli to focus on or ignore.  Influences on Selection  Intensity: More intense more likely to be noticed (loud noises)  Repetition: More often we experience it more likely we accept the message. (advertising/dripping faucet)  Uniqueness: new, unusual weird things are noticed (clowns, changes from expected patterns)  Relevance: Our own interests, things that affect our needs and motivations are noticed.

 Personal understanding of reality  Determines what we feel is appropriate/acceptable  Also known as Filters

 Beliefs – what one believes to be true that often helps you decide what to accept or reject  Values – reflect your priorities and what you think is important.  Culture – family, community, or organizations to which you belong  Bias – consistent attitude, viewpoint or pattern of perception.  Prejudice – preconceived judgment (to pre-judge on opinion rather than facts)  Expectations – basing a judgment on what is expected rather than what actually happened.

 Differences in the process of perception may lead to distinctly different final perceptions.  Optical illusion clearly demonstrate this concept.

 Never assume that what you perceive as the truth is the actual, absolute truth.  Question your sensory perception  Question your selective perception  Question you personal perception

 Who we see ourselves as being  Each of us have many different ‘Selves’

 Real self – your “core” self; who you really are.  Perceived self – who you see yourself to be.  Ideal self – who you want to be now or in the future.  Public self – the self you freely disclose to others or in public situations.  Private self – the self you do not share with others; who you are in private.

 Graphical Representation of our perceived selves.  Created by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham

1 Open It is called open because many of a person’s behaviors, motivations, feelings, likes and dislikes are openly communicated to others. 2 Blind You are blind to what others perceive about you. Feedback can make you aware of this information, but you may or may not decide to adapt or change. 3 Hidden It represents the things you know or believe about yourself but that you do not choose to share with others. 4 Unknown Things that neither you nor others know or acknowledge. It could be subconscious fears or things you do not remember. Known to selfNot known to self Known to selfNot known to self Known to others Not Known to others

 Sectors should not be equal  Should be sized and shaped to reflect how much of yourself fits in each sector depending on your perceived self.  Each of us could draw as many Windows as we have selves.

 Draw, label and color code your own JoHari Window  This window should be based on your perceived self in general.  Due Friday 5 Sept 14