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Unit 4
Intrapersonal
Communication
Personal Perception
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Deciding what data
to pay attention to
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It’s a filtering
process
Factors that Influence Personal
Perception
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Values - reflect your
priorities
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Beliefs - thoughts and
ideas you accept as truths
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Culture - a strong
influence on how you
interpret information
Factors that Influence Personal
Perception

Bias - perception through
which we view the world.
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Prejudice - a preconceived
judgment. To pre-judge.
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Attitudes - either positive or
negative. They are hardly
ever with no opinion.
Factors that Influence Personal
Perception

Expectations - what you
expect for yourself and
those around you.
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Knowledge - the more you
have the better judgments
you make.
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Communication Skills understanding the
communication others use.
Self-Concept

Real self - who you really are
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Perceived self - how others view you
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Ideal self - who you would like to be
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Public self - how you act in public
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Private self - how you are by yourself
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Professional self - how you act in a job setting
Self-Concept
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Social self - when you interact with others. In social
situations
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Intellectual self - part of you that uses knowledge

Emotional self - part of you that processes & uses
feelings
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Physical self - body, athletic ability, gracefulness,
coordination, well-being
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Artistic self - part of you that is creative or artistic.
Johari Window
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Open – everyone knows
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Blind – others know, but
you don’t
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Hidden – nobody knows,
but you do. Secrets
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Unknown – nobody knows,
or not discovered yet