Self-Presentation/Public speaking (workshop) 2.5.E-WAR007

Program content:
• The concept of self-presentation according to various concepts (psychological, sociological)
• Self-employment as a technique of self-presentation
• Dilemma: modestly or assertively in various situations of everyday life
• Uncertainty and confusion - role in self-presentation
• Social anxiety
• Self-presentation in conversation
• The values of the recipients of the self-presentation (physical attractiveness, the ability to arouse sympathy, com-petence, virtue, etc.)
• Public images
• Self-presentation failures and remedial measures
• Cultural differences in styles of self-presentation

Supplementary literature

Cialdini, R.B. (1994). Wywieranie wpływu na ludzi. Teoria i praktyka. Gdańsk: GWP. Dymkowski, M. (1996). Samowiedza w okowach przywdziewanych masek. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Psychologii PAN. Leary, M.R. (1999). Wywieranie wrażenia na innych: O sztuce autoprezentacji. Gdańsk: GWP. Leary M., Kowalski R.(2001).Lęk społeczny. Gdańsk: GWP. Miller R. S.(1999). Niepewność i zakłopotanie. Gdańsk: GWP. Szmajke, A. (1999). Autoprezentacja: Maski, Pozy, Miny. Olsztyn: Ursa Consulting. Szmajke A. (2001). Autoprezentacja, niewinny spektakl dla innych i siebie, [w:] M. Kofta i T. Szustrowa (red.). Złudzenia, które pozwalają żyć. Warszawa: PWN. Szmajke A.(2001). Autoprezentacja: formy, style i skuteczność interpersonalna, [w:] K. Lachowicz-Tabaczek (red.) „Psychologia społeczna w zastosowaniach: od teorii do praktyki. Wrocław : ALTA. Szmajke A. (2002). Skromnie czy asertywnie? Poziom osiągnięć szkolnych i styl autoprezentacji jako wyznaczniki ustosunkowania nauczycielek do uczniów, „Przegląd Psychologiczny”, 45-1 s. 123-139.

Student workload

participation in classes: 30h preparation for classes: 15h implementation of complex project tasks: 10h participation in consultations with the teacher: 3h independent preparation for a pass: 17h Total 75h = 3 ECTS

Type of course

elective courses

Requirements

The student has knowledge of interpersonal communication and coping with stress

Learning outcomes

Knowledge
as a result of the conducted classes, the student:
He knows the techniques that allow to consciously manage the impression.
He knows self-presentation tactics, rules of shaping interpersonal attractiveness and the desired image.

Skills
as a result of the conducted classes, the student should be able to:
He can shape the image in line with the recipient's expectations, apply self-presentation tactics in practice, and identify them in the statements and behavior of other people, especially participants of the classes he conducts.
He can analyze the self-presentation message at the verbal and non-verbal level, indicate potential development areas in the field of kinesthetics, paralinguistics and proxemics.
Can constructively achieve his communication goals

Social competence
as a result of the conducted classes, the student has / demonstrates:
He can set goals for further work on himself.
He has developed competences to express himself ethically
The student is able to react assertively by accepting criticism, praise, expressing his opinions and emotions.

Assessment criteria

Assessment method *:
• Credit with grade
B. Forms of credit:
• Activity in the classroom
• Preparation of 3 own presentations
• Self-presentation made in English.
C. Basic criteria:
• Obtaining a positive assessment of 3 sub-tasks
• Activity in the classroom

Practical placement

Bibliography

Doherty, K., & Schlenker, B. R. (1991). Self‐consciousness and strategic self‐presentation. Journal of Per-sonality, 59(1), 1-18.
Tice, D. M., & Baumeister, R. F. (1990). Self‐esteem, self‐handicapping, and self‐presentation: The strate-gy of inadequate practice. Journal of Personality, 58(2), 443-464.
Baumeister, R. F. (1982). Self‐esteem, self‐presentation, and future interaction: A dilemma of reputation. Journal of personality, 50(1), 29-45.
Baumeister, R. F., & Hutton, D. G. (1987). Self-presentation theory: Self-construction and audience pleas-ing. In Theories of group behavior (pp. 71-87). Springer, New York, NY.
Schlenker, B. R., & Leary, M. R. (1982). Social anxiety and self-presentation: A conceptualization model. Psychological bulletin, 92(3), 641.
Rui, J., & Stefanone, M. A. (2013). Strategic self-presentation online: A cross-cultural study. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(1), 110-118.
Vohs, K. D., Baumeister, R. F., & Ciarocco, N. J. (2005). Self-regulation and self-presentation: regulatory resource depletion impairs impression management and effortful self-presentation depletes regulatory re-sources. Journal of personality and social psychology, 88(4), 632.

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