People whose opinion is important enough to affect one's self-concept strongly.
  • Perceived self
  • Significant others
  • Ego booster
  • Ego buster
Groups against which we compare ourselves, thereby influencing our self-concept and self-esteem.
  • Self-concept
  • Social comparison
  • Perceived self
  • Reference groups
A model that describes relationships in terms of their breadth and depth.
  • Self-disclosure
  • Social penetration
  • Johari window
  • Depth
The choices people make to reveal or conceal information about themselves.
  • Social penetration
  • Privacy management
  • Self-disclosure
  • Perceived self
A dimension of self-disclosure involving the range of subjects being discussed.
  • Depth
  • Cliches
  • Breadth
  • Personality
A dimension of self-disclosure involving a shift from relatively nonrevealing messages to more personal ones.
  • Benevolent lie
  • Breadth
  • Self-esteem
  • Depth
The communication strategies people use to influence how others view them. Also called "impression management."
  • Identity management
  • Self-disclosure
  • Privacy management
  • Reference groups
The tendency to seek and attend to information that conforms to an existing self-concept.
  • Self-fulfilling prophecy
  • Reflected appraisal
  • Cognitive conservatism
  • Privacy management
A person who enhances someone's self-esteem by acting in a way that makes the person feel accepted, competent, worthwhile, important, appreciated, and/or loved.
  • Perceived self
  • Ego buster
  • Significant others
  • Ego booster
A lie defined by the teller as not malicious, or even helpful, to the person to whom it is told.
  • Benevolent lie
  • Reference groups
  • Self-esteem
  • Personality
A model that describes the relationship between self-disclosure and self-awareness.
  • Social Comparison
  • Self-concept
  • Johari Window
  • Personality
A relatively consistent set of traits exhibited by a person across a variety of situations.
  • Personality
  • Self-esteem
  • Benevolent lie
  • Self-concept
A person who acts in a large or small way to reduce someone's self-esteem.
  • Perceived self
  • Ego buster
  • Ego booster
  • Significant others
An expectation of an event, followed by behaviors based on that expectation, that makes the outcome more likely to occur than would have been the case otherwise.
  • Perceived self
  • Significant others
  • Self-fulfilling prophecy
  • Ego booster
The theory that a person's self-concept mirrors the way the person believes others regard him or her.
  • Reflected appraisal
  • Self-fulfilling prophecy
  • Personality
  • Social comparison
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