Explain the meaning of social mirror referring to your textbook and interpreting using your own words. Apply to yourself and explore what others would say about you that is generally positive. Why do they see you in this way? (use specific examples).

Social Mirror

Explain the meaning of social mirror referring to your textbook and interpreting using your own words. Apply to yourself and explore what others would say about you that is generally positive. Why do they see you in this way? (use specific examples).

Connect the concept to these reactions and explain how that relates to both inter and intrapersonal communication.

Explain the Johari Window referring to your textbook and interpreting using your own words. Next, explain what falls within the “Blind” area and consider how you might find out your blind area. What “constructive suggestions” would others offer to help you improve or change and why? What relevance does that have to your communication as a professional?

Explain the meaning of personality and its relationship with interpersonal communication referring to your textbook and interpreting using your own words. Thinking about that explanation, what do you most like about yourself and how does it help you communicate with others? Consider taking The Enneagram Personality Test to help you reflect on this question and be sure to integrate the findings into your response: https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test

Explain what you learned about the process of self-analysis from your textbook. Next, examine what you most dislike in yourself and would like to change. Why do you want to change or how does it affect you negatively (use specific examples)? Finish by assessing the implications of these changes to your professional and personal communication.

Explain self-awareness and the processes that might be employed to develop our self-concept (remember to refer to your textbook interpreting what you learned). Next, examine self-beliefs that limit you and explain how that happens (use specific examples). Finish by assessing the implications of these limitations to your professional success.

Thinking back to question 5, elaborate on how these beliefs might have been created or influenced by your social mirror. Be sure to think back to various communication encounters or messages that have been imprinted and use these as examples to support your explanation.

Since it is possible – perhaps even likely – that these weaknesses or limitations are more imagined than real, what could you do to turn them into strengths? Use your assigned readings and seek additional scholarly sources to identify a few research-proven strategies that might be helpful.

Explain the meaning and significance of self-disclosure referring to your textbook as source support. How does self-disclosure impact your personal and/or professional relationships? Next, write about who could help you make these changes or give you feedback about your progress, and how that might benefit you in the future.

Think back on the questions and identify a few that were more difficult to complete than others. Explain why.

10. What did you learn about yourself in this exercise?

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(remember that you should cite your textbook and locate additional scholarly sources to demonstrate knowledge gained).

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