What does self-disclosure mean?

What does self-disclosure mean?

• A. Telling People Things About You That They Did Not Know
• B. Revealing Others' Opinions
• C. Hiding Information
• D. Telling Others Secrets About Someone Else

Answer: (A)

Self-disclosure is sharing personal information about yourself with others—things they wouldn’t know unless you tell them. It helps build trust and connection because you’re opening up and inviting the other person into your perspective. For example, you might share a life experience, a belief, or a feeling that reveals who you are. That matches the idea of self-disclosure: telling people things about you that they did not know. The other statements describe something different—revealing others’ opinions (not about you), hiding information (withholding), or telling secrets about someone else (gossip).

Self-disclosure is sharing personal information about yourself with others—things they wouldn’t know unless you tell them. It helps build trust and connection because you’re opening up and inviting the other person into your perspective. For example, you might share a life experience, a belief, or a feeling that reveals who you are.

That matches the idea of self-disclosure: telling people things about you that they did not know. The other statements describe something different—revealing others’ opinions (not about you), hiding information (withholding), or telling secrets about someone else (gossip).