1008PSY Interpersonal Skills Week 6 Mindmap

1008PSY Interpersonal Skills Week 6 Mindmap

1. Self disclosure

2. 1st Person Skills

   • Own perspective and sharing
   • Skills for doing it without threat, blame or demand:
     • - information-giving skills - disclosure skills (what, when & how) - assertion skills - escalation skills
   • Roles:
     • Self-concept
     • Impression Formation
     • Trust & acceptance
     • Attraction/friendship/intimacy

3. Roles of SD

   • Development of self concept
   • Impression formation
   • Others understanding
   • Psychological relief - catharsis

4. Johari Window

   • Quadrant 1: Open
     • Info that you + others know - expands when you disclose
   • Quadrant 2: Blind
     • Info about you that others know but you don't - decreases after feedback
   • Quadrant 3: Hidden
     • You and others dont know - decreases with disclosure but doesn't have to disappear
   • Quadrent 4: Unknown
     • Info that is unknown to everyone - will always exist but can decrease

5. Social Penetration Model of Self Disclosure

   • Explains how much and what is revealed at diff stages of relationship
   • Breadth - wide range of topics, views, thoughts
   • Depth - the extent to which we disclose on each topic
   • Outer - least, inner - more info as goes in

6. Levels of Disclosure

   • Level 5: cliched. comms - how are you?
   • Level 4: Facts/biographical info - name, job etc
   • Level 3: attitudes/ personal ideas - non- contraversial, safe topics
   • Level 2: Personal feelings
   • Level 1: Peak communication - not in all or most relationships

7. Online vs face to face

   • Email - more direct
   • Faster escalation of self-disclosure
   • "Online Disinhibition Effect" - feel anonymity: less responsibility, less vulnerability
   • Invisibility: known identity but less responsibility of behaviour - no non-verbal ques

8. Self Disclosure Princples

   • Goal directedness, Proportion, Respect & caring/Trust, Ongoing quality of the rshp, Mutuality or reciprocity, Relevant to context & rshp
   • Gradual disclosure, Reasonable risk Impact, Shared context Response, Balance

9. Differences

   • Gender - more to and from women
   • Generational Diffs: older more to younger
   • Cultural diffs

10. Boundaries

    • 1. Always your choice when/how much to disclose 2. Strategies if you are being pressed for disclosure: a) change the subject provide a broad/vague/general response b) Be assertive – help the other to understand your reasons for maintaining privacy 3. Resisting the Over Discloser a) Polite assertion b) Blunt/direct rejection c) Humour Change of topic/focus