CMST 2010 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Dialectic, Intentionality
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Private information & risk: public information: personal facts, usually socially approved characteristics, we make part of our public image, usually, people strive to present socially approved characteristics, private information: assessments, both good & bad, that we make about ourselves, including our personal values & our interests, fears, & concerns, self disclosure involves private (not public) information that others would not be easily able to discover without being told, nonverbal signals can reveal a lot about us, but real self disclosure involves intentionality, choice, intimacy, risk & trust. Trust: trust explains why we decide to take the plunge & reveal ourselves through self disclosure, our perception of trust is a key factor in our decision to self disclose, and most self disclosures take place in the context of a trusting relationship, self disclosure as a subjective process, whether information is considered self disclosure depends on subjective assessments made by the discloser.
