Intrapersonal Communication Terms

Public Speaking

Self Talk

Inner Voice

Perception

Ability to see, hear, become aware through senses

Interpretation

Process of explaining the information that has been selected and organized

Physical Characteristics

Age, Size, Gender

Self Concept

Collection of perceptions about every aspect of your being

Needs

Ranking of five general categories

Self-Actualization

The drive a person has to be everything that he or she can be

Attitudes

Relatively long-lasting organizations of beliefs that cause you to respond in particular

Extraverted

Social Individuals

Introverted

Withdrawn Individuals

Goals

Aims that you hope to achieve or accomplish through communication

Public Self

Part of yourself which you choose to share with everyone

Private Self

Part of yourself which is most true to your self concept

Role

Patter on behavior that characterizes a person in a given context

Halo Effect

Basing a judgement on that one situation can lead you to judge a person’s other characteristics without further investigation

Stereotype

Assigning characteristics to a person solely on the basis of the person’s membership in a certain group