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attachment style
a pattern of relating instilled by the way a caregiver teaches the child who he or she is, who others are, and how to approach relationships TERM 2
ego boundaries
DEFINITION 2 An individual's perception of where he or she stops and the rest of the world begins TERM 3
identity script
DEFINITION 3 A guide to action based on rules for living and identity. Initially communicated in families, scripts define our roles, how we are to play them, and basic elements in the plots of our lives TERM 4
self-disclosure
DEFINITION 4 The act of revealing personal information about ourselves that others are unlikely to discover in other ways TERM 5
Self-fulfilling prophecy
DEFINITION 5 Acting in a way that embodies our internalization of others' expectation or judgment about us.
self-sabotage
selftalk that communicates that we are no good TERM 7
perspectives of the generalized other
DEFINITION 7 our understanding of the collection of rules, roles, and attitudes endorsed by the whole social community in which we live TERM 8
anxious/ambivalent attachment style
DEFINITION 8 a mode of relating characterized by preoccupation with relationships and inconsistent behavior toward the partner TERM 9
direct definition
DEFINITION 9 communication that explicitly tells us who we are by specifically labeling us and reacting to our behaviors. usually first occurs in families, then in interaction with peers and others TERM 10
dismissive attachment style
DEFINITION 10 a mode of relating instilled by disinterested, rejecting, or abusive caregiver, in which the individual dismisses others as unworthy and thus does not seek close relationships. Unlike people with fearful attachment styles, those with a dismissive attachment style do not accept the caregiver's view of them as unlovable
reflected
appraisal
the process of seeing and thinking about ourselves in terms of the appraisal of us that others reflect TERM 17
secure attachment style
DEFINITION 17 a mode of relating that involves confidence in oneself and relationships. Like other attachment styles, the secure mode is instilled by a caregiver who responds in a consistently attentive, loving way to the child; the most common and positive of the four attachment styles TERM 18
self
DEFINITION 18 a multidimensional process that involves forming and acting from social perspectives that arise and evolve in communication with others and ourselves TERM 19
social comparison
DEFINITION 19 comparing ourselves with others to form judgments of our own talents, abilities qualities, and so forth TERM 20
upper
DEFINITION 20 a person who communicates positively about us
vulture
an extreme downer who not only communicates a negative image of us but actually attacks our self-concept
