Build your communication skills further by completing the following activities here or online.

1. Reflecting on Reflected Appraisals To understand how reflected appraisals have influenced your self-

concept, try this exercise.

a. Below, list five words that describe how you see yourself. (Examples: responsible, ambitious, introverted, clumsy, funny, intelligent, shy, athletic)

b. Next, identify the particular people who have been and are especially significant in your life. Try to think of at least five people who matter to you.

c. Now, think about how these special people communicate with you about the traits you listed in step

a. How did they express their appraisals of what you defined as important parts of yourself?

Can you trace how you see yourself to the appraisals reflected by particular others in your life?

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Words to Describe You How Others Communicate This to You