PSY E240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Impression Management, Psych, Sunscreen
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Why do people wrongly assume that more people would notice them wearing an. Self-promotion, ingratiation, and self-verification as well as both positive and negative aspects of our tendency to focus on self-presentation. Self-promotion a strategy that focuses on making other people think you are competent or good in some way. I strive to look perfect to others . I try to keep my faults to myself . Competence often speaks for itself, so people who try hard to convince others that they are competent may seem less so. Can have substantial personal consequences viewed as less likeable. Integration a strategy in which people try to make themselves likeable to someone else, often through flattery and praise. The more you need someone to like you, the more obvious this strategy is. Self-verification the expectation that other peoples perceptions of oneself is consistent with ones own perception of oneself. You want others to see you as you see you.
