Types of self expression
The process of verbally and non-verbally letting other people know something about who you are.
Expressing Selves
Style of speaking, word choice, silence, nonverbal behaviors, apparel and customs all make certain memberships concrete in conversation
Expressing Cultural Selves
The relationship is progressively defined and redefined
Gives other people getting to know you the means to form an impression
Clarify opinions/ideas
Benefits
The idea that disclosures should be made ethically and appropriately
Appropriateness of Personal Self-Disclosing
Developing your awareness of the many selves you can express can increase your effectiveness as a communicator
Self-expression Attitudes and Skills
In this expression you verbally and non-verbally make available aspects of at least one of your social roles
Social Self
When one chooses to disclose personal information, they can significantly increase the level of intimacy.
Expressing Personal Selves
Negative information about yourself is generally riskier than positive information
The more you disclose, the more there is left to disclose
Risks
When the persons involved feel willing and able to hear what you want to disclose
Emotional Timing
Bringing some relevant aspects of yourself to the conversation, being present to the other person
Availability
Revealing something more unique about who you are, because it has to do with the ways you identify yourself with
Cultural Self
The disclosure fits the topics that are being discussed.
Relevance Timing
Separating descriptions from evaluations, noticing the differences between strategic and spontaneous communication and becoming more provisional
Flexibility
Noninterchangeable, unmeasurable, responsive, reflective and/or addressable characteristics
Personal Self
Has to do with who is present and where you are geographically
Situational Timing
The willingness to focus on what’s going on between you and the other person, the disposition to be present to the other person for the time being.
Commitment to the conversation