Lecture 5 - The Interpersonal Self
Lecture 5 - The Interpersonal Self
Interpersonal Dynamics
The Interpersonal Self
Overview
• Activity - Who are you?
• Self Concept &
• How the self develops (Biological and Social)
• Characteristics of Self Concept
• Self Esteem
• Sources of Self Esteem
• Self Esteem & Communication Behaviour
• Effects of Low and High Self Esteem
• Changing Your Self-Concept & Raising Your Self-esteem
• Reasons for resisting personal growth
• Self fulfilling Prophesy
• Identity Management
Learning Objectives
• Describe the relationship between self, self-
concept and self-esteem
• Distinguish between the psychological/
biological and the social view of the self
• Identify how individuals can change their self
concept
• Demonstrate how individuals can practice
identity management by engaging self-
monitoring techniques
In order to get at any
truth about myself, I
must have contact
with another person.
The other is
indispensable to my
own existence, as well
as to my knowledge
about myself.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Activity # 6 –
Who Are You? (Source: Adler & Proctor II, pg. 41)
•Work harder for people who •Work harder for people who
demand high performance demand high performance
standards standards
Changing Your Self-Concept
& Raising Your Self-esteem
• Have Realistic Expectations
Fear of Maturity
Fear of Success:
Fear of Knowledge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW-VMfY9q0k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwKBxabn4QY
Self Fulfilling Prophecy
• This occurs when a person’s
expectations of an event make the
event more likely to occur than would
otherwise have been true.
• Collaborative
• Deliberate or
unconscious
Characteristics of Identity Management
• Why do we manage identities?
– To start and manage relationships
– To gain compliance of others
– Save others’ face
– Explore new selves
• How do we mange identities?
– Manner (words and non-verbal action)
– Appearance (personal items e.g. dress)
– Setting (physical items)