You view yourself as an effective public speaker because you have always received good grades on speeches in school,you have consistently won top honours at speech contests,and you enjoy speaking.During your most recent speech you found yourself feeling extremely nervous,the audience didn't seem to be paying attention to you,and the jokes you told fell flat.Which is the best reason to explain why you are unlikely to incorporate this experience into your self-concept?
A) This experience was inconsistent with your past experiences when speaking.
B) You have no knowledge of the audience's expertise in the area of judging speeches.
C) Generally individuals have told you that you are an effective speaker.
D) You have an inflated sense of your own abilities.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

When incorporating experiences into our self-concept, we tend to rely on consistent patterns of behavior or feedback. In this case, the experience of feeling nervous and receiving a poor response from the audience was inconsistent with past experiences of success in public speaking, which makes it less likely that the individual will internalize this as part of their self-concept.

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