1. Effective Speech Communication
Chapter 2
Effective Speech Communication

2. phrases that you would use to
Self Concept
Make a list of five noun
phrases that you would use to
describe yourself.

3. Self-concept Our personal definition of ourselves… “Who am I?”
We define ourselves through social interaction
Self-concept greatly influences the communication we have with others

4. Elements that effect your list of (self-concept) labels:

5. A set of labels You apply to Yourself
Self concept = Our most fundamental possession
The answer to “Who am I?” can grow and change
Social roles
Physical appearance
Ways we act
Ways we think

6. Labels are stable Our set of labels are relatively stable
Labels that are fundamental to who you are change very little
What about you do you predict will be the say ten years from now?

7. labels that are subjective
A set of labels that are subjective
Perception of experiences > v. < objective reality
Your internal mirror reflects your perception of things others do or say

8. Theories about Self-Concept

9. Reflected appraisal theory
How we think about ourselves is influenced by what we think other people think about us.
The opinions that are most important to us are those from people we consider significant

10. Reflected appraisal theory
Stop and think for a moment….????
So, do you LIKE all those people we consider significant?
Are you glad they have an influence on you?

11. Reflected Appraisal Theory
I am not who I think I am
I am not who you think I am
I am who I think you think I am

12. Reflected appraisal theory
Their relationship to us
Their knowledge
Their status in your world
Qualifies the
Validity of
oppinion

13. Social Comparison Theory
Our self concept is influenced by comparisons we make of ourselves with certain criteria that are valued in the environment (society)
This perception tends to be distorted

14. Social Comparison Theory
High school students tend to have a smaller environment.
Or do they? Think of the influence the media has on us.

15. Individual Selectivity Theory
We have control over the factors that influence our self-concept.
We choose people whose voices and opinions we will value and consider significant.

16. Perception quiz.pptx

17. Process by which we assign meaning to sensory data.
Perception
Process by which we assign meaning to sensory data.

18. Perception…
Five sense--data about the raw cues v. our interpretation of those cues
We want to believe that our perception of raw cues is the truth
The key to effective communication is know that our own perception of truth and other’s could be different

19. We Select certain cues to interpret
We select particular stimuli as the focus of our attention
The most intense
Those that are the most repeated
The same forces can influence how we perceive people

20. Select Certain Cues
Reaction to a strong physical characteristic may be particularly intense
Reaction to a repeated mannerism my be particularly intense
Are you aware of your pet peeves?
How do you respond to someone who trespasses on your pet peeves?

21. We organize the cues that we have selected.

22. We interpret cues that we have selected and organized
We interpret the cues we have SELECTED
By using a HIGHLY PERSONAL system
Based on the following:
OUR Knowledge
OUR past experience
OUR expectations
OUR assumptions about human behavior
OUR mood

23. WARNING!
Our knowledge, experiences, assumptions or may be greatly different than that of our speaker or our audience