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Identity scripts

A guide to action based on rules for living and identity. Initially communicated in families, define our roles, how we are to play them, and basic elements in the plot of our lives.

downers

express negative evaluations of us and our self worth

Vultures

extreme downers that communicate negative images of us and attack our self concept

Unknown Area

contains info unknown to ourselves and others

self is a never ending process

continuously compare and redifine ourselves

Self arises

in communication with others. Two perspectives that develop our sense of self. perspective of the particular other and persepctive of the generalized other.

Generalized Others

in western culture emphasized race, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic class

Blind Area

info unknown to us by recognized by others

Dismissive attachment style

promoted by caregiver who are uninterested in, rejecting of, or abusive towards a child ( child has a positive view of themselves, but child dismiss others as unworthy

Positive direct definition

raises self esteem

self disclosure

revealing information about ourselves that others are unlikely to discover on their own

Self is multidimensional

shaped by direct definitions, reflected appraisals, identity scripts attachment styles and perspectives of the generalized other

Social perspectives are subject to change

socially constructed views reflect values of a specific time and place. They are not absolute or perfect.

Particular Others

specific people who are significant to us (family friends, teachers peers

Generalized Others

the views generally held by others in society

Johari Window

A model of mutual understanding that encourages disclosure and feedback to increase our own open area and reduce the blind, hidden, and unknown areas.

fearful attachment style

Caregiver communicates in a negative, rejecting, or abusive ways to a child ( infers that they are unworthy of love and that others are not loving) inclined to feel apprehensive and insecure about relationships

Self

multi-dimensional process of internalizing and acting from social perspectives

Direct Definition

Communication that explicitly tells us who we are by specifically labeling us and reacting to our behaviors. Usually first occurs in families, then in interaction with peers and others.

Anxious Ambivalent attachment style

An attachment style characterized by a concern that others will not reciprocate one's desire for intimacy, resulting in higher-than-average levels of anxiety. resulting in negative views of themselves, incosistent with others relationships.

negative direct definition

can lower self esteem

4 things

Make Firm Commitment to personal growth discover how your self concept was formed set goals that are realistic and fair seek contexts that support personal change

Attachment styles

The expectations people develop about relationships with others, based on the relationship they had with their primary caregiver when they were infants

Reflected Appraisal

The theory that a person's self-concept matches the way the person believes others regard him or her. our perception of another persons view of us.

Generalized Others

acquire perspectives from interacting with others, who pass on their cultural values to us. The media institutions that reflect cultural values. instutitions that organize our society

direct definition roles

communicate different roles, like ethnic and gender identities

self sabatoge

communicates that we are no good, that we cant do something, that we cant changed

secure attachment style

develops when caregiver is consistently loving and attentive to child resulting in child having positive sense of self worth and positive view of others. Tend to be comfortbale forming close bonds with others.

Particular Others

gives us identity through direct definition, reflected apprasials, identity scripts and attachements styles.

Open Area

is info known to yourself and others

Hidden Area

known to ourselves but not revealed to most others

Improve self-concept

make a firm commitment

self fulfilling prophecies

occurs when expectations about a person cause the person to behave in ways that confirm the expectations

Uppers

people that reflect positive appraisals of our self worth