1. Self-Awareness and Communication
Mr. Quiros
Doral Academy Prep
Period 2/6

2. Types of Self-Awareness
Subjective self-awareness – An ability to differentiate the self from the social and physical environment
Objective self-awareness - An ability to be the object of one’s own attention, to be aware of state of mind, and to realize that one is thinking and remembering.
Symbolic self-awareness – A unique human ability to develop and communicate a representation of oneself to others.

3. Maslow’s Levels of Self-Awareness
Unconscious incompetence – We are unaware of our own incompetence. We don’t know what we know.
Conscious incompetence – At this level. We become aware or conscious that we are not competent. We know what we don’t know.
Conscious competence – We are aware that we know or can do something, but it has not yet become an integrated skill of habit.
Unconscious competence – At this level, skills become second nature. You know or can do something but don’t have to concentrate to be able to act upon that knowledge or draw upon that skill.

4. Self-Concept: Who Are You?
The “self” can be defined as the total of who a person is; a persons central inner force.
Self concept is a person’s subjective description of who he or she is
Self image can be described as a person’s view of self in a particular situation or circumstance.

5. Components of Self Concept
Attitudes: Learned predisposition to respond to a person, object, or idea in a favorable or unfavorable way (Likes-Dislikes)
Beliefs: The way in which you structure your understanding of reality---what is true and what is false (True-False)
Value: Enduring concept of good and bad, right and wrong. (Good-Bad)

6. The Many Selves
The Material Self: your concept of self as reflected in the things you own.
The Social Self: your concept of self as developed through your personal, social interactions
The Spiritual Self: Your concept of self, based upon your thoughts and introspections about your values and moral standards.

7. Development of the Self-Concept
Communication with others
Association with groups
Assumed role models
Self labels

8. Self-Esteem: What is your Value
Self esteem (self worth) is defined as your evaluation of your value or worth as reflected in your perception of such things as your skills, abilities, talents, and appearance.

9. Factors Affecting Self-Esteem
Gender
Social Comparisons
Self-Expectations
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

10. Strategies for Self-Esteem Enhancement
Engage in Positive Self Talk
Visualize
Reframe
Develop Honest Relationships
Surround Yourself with Positive People
Lose your Baggage

11. The Perception Process
Perception: The arousal of any of your senses
Stage One: Attention and Selection
Attention: what you attend to or notice in your environment
Selection: what you choose to focus on within a range of stimuli in your environment.
Stage Two: Organization
Stage Three: Interpretation

12. The Perception Process (cont.)
Stage Two: Organization
Organization: Converting information into convenient, understandable, and efficient patterns that allow us to make sense of what we have observed
Closure: Perceptual process of filling in missing information
Stage Three: Interpretation
Attaching meaning to what is attended to, selected, and organized.

13. Communication and the Enhancement of Perceptual Accuracy
Increase your awareness
Avoid Stereotypes
Check you Perceptions
Indirect and Direct Perception Checking