1. Self Concept= “Who am I?”
1.   a set of labels you apply to yourself
2.   labels that are relatively stable
3.  labels that are subjective (perception)

2. Theories of self concept

3. Theories of self concept
1. Reflected Appraisal Theory
What you think others think of you
2.  Social Comparison Theory
Based on comparisons with others
3.  Individual Selectivity Theory
You choose opinions and comparisons you believe valuable

4. Self concept/esteem test

5. Perception-the process of assigning meaning to sensory data
1.We select cues to interpret.
2.We organize cues we’ve selected.
3.We interpret cues we’ve selected and organized.

6. Interpretation is based on:
-our knowledge
-our past experiences
-our expectations
-our assumptions about human behavior
-our personal moods

7. Self fulfilling prophecy-beginning with a preconceived idea of the world and looking for data to support that idea

8. Language
Language is a symbol system

10. A word is not an object. It is simply a representation of an object.
Denotation
-the dictionary definition of a word

12. How many do you know? 1. triskaidekaphobia 2. spondulicks
3. octothorpe
4. copacetic
5. sennight
6. halcyon
7. lollapaloosa

13. 1. triskaidekaphobia
fear of the number 13
2. spondulicks
money, cash
3. octothorpe
The pound or # sign on the telephone

14. 4. copacetic
fine, excellent, going just right
5. sennight
two weeks
6. halcyon
Calm or peaceful; happy or carefree

15. 7. lollapaloosa
Something outstandingly good of its kind
(a lollapaloosa of a game)\
And yet another interesting word:
floccinaucinihilipilification
the action or habit of judging something to be worthless

16. And the longest word in the dictionary…
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
A lung disease caused by the inhalation
of silica dust

17. Connotation
-the personal meaning of a word based on our experience of the word.
dog
home

23. Bypassing
-a communication breakdown caused when a word means more than one thing or two words mean the same thing.
entrée/on tray
red/read
slang-dog/fox/cat/cool/hot

24. Language is governed by rules.
Syntax
-the rules governing a language’s grammar system
(Ie. In English, an adjective usually comes before a noun.)

25. Semantics
-the study of a the denotative meaning of a language (Each word has shades of meaning.)
female/woman/lady
house/home/hovel/dump/
Politicians and lawyers sometimes play semantic games. Sometimes we refer to these kinds of games as “splitting hairs.”

26. Regulative Rules
-how language is used in particular situations
Regulative rules are usually unspoken.  
(Ie. We speak more formally to superiors such as our bosses. We speak differently at home than at school.)