Exam 3: The Self in Interpersonal Communication

To improve self-awareness, you should

Another way you develop self-concept is to compare yourself with others, to engage in what are called

Appropriate reasons for self-disclosure include all of the following EXCEPT:

Contrast the rewards and dangers of self disclosure.

Generally, women disclose themselves less than men do.

Self-awareness allows you to control your __________ and __________ to the extent you understand who you are.

Outing is a form of self-disclosure which occurs when someone takes information from someone else's hidden self and makes it public.

Communication apprehension is probably the most common handicap suffered by people in contemporary American society.

To tell someone something about yourself that he or she already knows would not be self-disclosure.

Your self-concept develops from these four primary sources:

Give some specific suggestions for managing communication apprehension.

You may resist pressure to self-disclosure in the following four ways: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________

The area of the Johari window that describes the information others know about us but we do not is the ________ self.

You should self-disclose only if:

Interacting with members of cultures different from your own can create apprehension because

Lack of reciprocity on self disclosure may signal

Recent research shows that people who are able to confide in others about troubled feelings or a traumatic event

Self disclosure helps to increase

Self disclosure is a type of communication in which you __________ information about yourself.

Putting communication apprehension in perspective means