Personal Development

• Personal relationship - closely associated with a person that has a meaning
• Personal relationship - private and intimate
• Personal relationship - involves a degree of commitment
• Social relationship - less intimate, lesser self-disclosure involved, but exclusive
• Social relationship - may demand levels of loyalty as in fraternities or religious organizations
• Social relationship - affected by factors like social influence
• Social influence - resources that bring changes in belief as a result pf the action of another person
• Social influence - as a result of interacting with people who are perceived to be subject matter experts or having similar persuasions
• Compliance - why do you wear it?
• Compliance - when a person agree and follows what is requested but does not necessarily have to really agree
• Identification - who do you look up to/
• Identification - influence by someone you like or look up to
• Internalization - are you willing to own what you believe in?
• Internalization - able to own a belief and to make it known publicly or privately
• Conformity - involves a change of belief to be like others
• Informational conformity - people accept evidence about reality provided by others
• Normative Conformity - based on a person's desire to fulfill expectations, often to gain acceptance
• Conversion - changes original thinking to align with other members of a group
• Conversion - religious ---- are typical to make new set of belief and become one's own
• Minority Influence - when bigger number of people are influence by smaller and minority's way are accepted
• Reactance - there is a willing rejection of a social influence being exerted on an individual or group
• Reactance - also known as anti- or non-conformity
• Reactance - reverse reaction to some social influence being imposed by others
• Obedience - a person follows what they are told, although it may not reflect the person's set of beliefs
• Obedience - similar to compliance, out of fear or respect to the authority figure
• Persuasion - to influence another to change their beliefs by appealing to reason or emotion
• Leadership and social influence - intertwined because leaders are a product of their society, and embodiment of group's belief allow them to inflluence
• Leadership - ability of person in position to influence
• Power

  • mean for achieving goals
  • requires follower dependency
  • to gain lateral and upward influence
• Leaders

  • focuses on goal achievement
  • goal compatibility with followers
  • focuses influence downward
• Characteristics of a great leader:

  • has a vison
  • courageous
  • core of integrity is truthfulness
  • value humility
  • outstanding at strategic planning
  • ability to get everyone to work together, which is essential to success
• Leadership theories:

  • trait
  • behavioral
  • participative
  • situational
  • transactional
  • transformational
• Genogram - detailed graphical representation of a family tree that displays family structure
• Genogram - known as Lapidus Schematic or Pedigree chart
• Genogram - provides much more detail about interactions and connections
• Genogram - maps out relationships and traits
• Family tree - only depicts family lineage
• Family legacy - every family has its own heritage
• Emotional legacy - human souls needs more than physical things we can acquire in this world
• Emotional legacy - starts with living a valuable and purposeful life