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    1. Although the concept of self-fulfilling prophecies was originally developed to be applied to social inequality and discrimination, it has since been applied in many other contexts, including interpersonal communication. This research has found that some people are chronically insecure, meaning they are very concerned about being accepted by others but constantly feel that other people will dislike them.

      I tend to feel very insecure when I am meeting new people because I am afraid they won't like me. But once I open up and talk to them, I never have a problem. This is a good idea of what to do, and to just manifest positive thoughts. When you allow those negative insecure thoughts to stay, they can keep you from having the opportunity for positive thoughts.

    1. But each person’s self-concept is also influenced by context, meaning we think differently about ourselves depending on the situation we are in. In some situations, personal characteristics, such as our abilities, personality, and other distinguishing features, will best describe who we are.

      In some places, I can be much more outgoing and seem like I know what Im doing but other times it seems like im really nervous or I have never done this before in my life. When I feel confident in something, I tend to act not necessarily differently, but more myself. And sometimes I'll think highly of myself and others I will think that I don't deserve to be participating like the others.

    1. I’m sure you have a family member, friend, or coworker with whom you have ideological or political differences.

      When I get into an argument with someone like my boyfriend or my friends, I try to avoid thinking about only my point of view. Sometimes when I argue with my bestfriend it seems like she doesn't want to put her ideas aside for the benefit of our friendship, but after I talk it through to her it she starts to understand.

    1. We also organize information that we take in based on difference. In this case, we assume that the item that looks or acts different from the rest doesn’t belong with the group. Perceptual errors involving people and assumptions of difference can be especially awkward, if not offensive.

      I have been around many people who tend to say or do things based on only the information they think they know. When they assume certain things, sometimes they are correct, but other times they are embarrassed when they end up being wrong. This is why I think it is important to not stereotype or assume based off the first glance.

  2. Aug 2025
    1. The first part of the definition we will unpack deals with knowledge. The cognitive elements of competence include knowing how to do something and understanding why things are done the way they are

      This idea is interesting to me because it reminds me of the nature and nature part of psychology. A large portion of how we learn is done through watching others from our environment. We watch others communicate and watch how things are done, which later allows us to apply what we have seen when in the same situation.

    1. Communication is a process that involves an interchange of verbal and/or nonverbal messages within a continuous and dynamic sequence of events

      I like the idea of communication within continuous dynamic sequences because it makes me think of music. When I listen to certain songs, they make me feel a certain way and I can really relate to how the artist was feeling. They are communicating through their music to let others know how they are feeling and that's pretty cool.

    1. The interaction model of communication describes communication as a process in which participants alternate positions as sender and receiver and generate meaning by sending messages and receiving feedback within physical and psychological contexts

      The interaction model of communication is a much different way to think about communication rather than the linear, one-way process. Having feedback in a conversation with others can be effective and show understanding between two people, but when someone just tells another person to do something it can really change the effects of the conversation., The things I can say and how I give feedback to others can really change the outcome of a conversation.

    1. While such transactions were initially tracked with actual objects that symbolized an amount—for example, five pebbles represented five measures of grain—symbols, likely carved into clay, later served as the primary m

      Humans in the beginning were very similar to monkeys, whereas we didn't have a language to communicate but were able to comprehend how many rocks we had. I find it very interesting that in the beginning we were unable to effectively communicate; however, we managed to create ways to write or record things. Very similar to today, just back then we were much less advanced.