04:189:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Penetration Theory, The Onion, Communication Apprehension

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:101
• Professor: Householder, B

Document Summary

Class 5, environment and self-esteem, some contexts increase one"s evaluation of self, state v. trait communication apprehension i. ii. The fear of public speaking (often ranked at #1, over death and spiders) Also context: shyness (being around others) and ca are not the same d. Learned: self-esteem and disclosure, people with low esteem often fail to follow disclosure norms i. ii. iii. Flooding: talk too much, disclose too much information. Premature: set pattern of talking, tell him right away that you have mental illnesses, social penetration theory, the onion i. Looks at breadth and depth initial interactions are broad and thin: disclosure rules, works from small (demographic info) to intimate (unfiltered discourse, where we are from whats your major ii. iii. iv. v. If i tell you where im from, you should be telling me too. You see yourself doing something: avoid comparisons i.