| Allness | the use of one aspect of our identity to describe our whole self.
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| Back context | a private environment that requires a less conscious effort to manage the impression you project to others.
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| Blind quadrant | the part of yourself that others know but you do not.
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| Confirmation | when others accept our presentation of self and act in harmony with the image we are displaying.
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| Construct | an idea or category of meaning.
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| Demeanor | one's outward behavior or way of carrying oneself.
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| Disconfirmation | when others ignore our presentiation of self and act indifferent to the image we are displaying.
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| Epithet | a negative label used to describe a person.
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| Facework | the act of presenting the self.
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| Front context | a public setting where you actively manage the impression you project to others.
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| Gender identity | the conception you have of yourself as a male or female, masculine or feminine.
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| Generalized other | a composite view of society's reflection of yourself.
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| Hidden quadrant | those things that you know about yourself but others do not.
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| Homophobic | possessing irrational fear and/or hatred of homosexuality.
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| Identity | the conception of yourself as a member of a group or category.
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| Johari Window | a model depicting an individual's degree of self-awareness.
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| Open quadrant | the part of yourself that is known both to you and to others.
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| Rejection | when others contradict the presentation of ourself and act inconsistently with the image we are displaying.
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| Resilient | strong; able to recover quickly from injury, either mental or physical.
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| Role taking | the act of understanding the motives, interests, and actions of other people and adopting those actions, at least temporarily, in the self.
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| Salience | prominent, important, or relevant.
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| Self-awareness | the consciousness of our existence and degree to which we understand ourselves.
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| Self-concept | a relatively consistent image or set of perceptions that you have about yourself.
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| Self-esteem | the value you attach to your self-concept.
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| Self-fulfilling prophecy | the tendency to live up to the expectations created for us.
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| Significant others | people who are particularly important to you and with whom you share a close relationship.
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| Social comparison | when we understand our self by comparing it to others.
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| Social identity theory | our identification with social groups is important for our self-concept, and the relative salience of a given identity depends on social context.
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| Socially ascribed | having characteristics attributed by others.
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| Stereotypes | specific kinds of labels that characterize people based on the assumed traits of others in their group.
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| Transcendent | surpassing human experience or beyond the material world.
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| Unknown quadrant | the category of things that neither you nor others know about yourself.
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| Voyeurism | the practice of obtaining enjoyment or sexual gratification from the observation of others in private settings.
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