COM 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Kenneth J. Gergen, Handicapping, Communication Apprehension
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Social identity is when we conform to standard roles and rules while personal identity is resisting such roles and making up our own: (pp. As a culture changes over time, the demand for the modal self changes as well. Personality is how psychologists classify us on a variety of psychological tests. Psychosocial moratorium is the process of trying on new identities without playing for keeps. I take that as trying different identities and not intending to stick with one: (pp. Self schemata is cognitive structures that organize and guide the processing of self related information. Handicapping strategy is a technique for manufacturing protective excuses ahead of time to prevent possible failure in the future: (pp. 185-186) what is suggested by describing self as a relational achievement? . Relational achievement comes from our closest relationships, where we show relational self. Relational self is the particular self-identity we normally display in a given relationship: (pp.
